- Date
- August 11, 1970
- Place
- Kodiak, AK · KODIAK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N234EPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116171
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1034 70/8/11 NR.KODIAK,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N234E PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 26, 3578 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 257 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KODIAK,ALAS KODIAK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM LAKE WITH HILL AND TREES IN FLT PATH.PLT STATED HE SLIPPED PLANE INTO WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N234E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage