- Date
- September 25, 1970
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4122ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167794
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1722 70/9/25 NR.FAIRBANKS,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0830 N4122Z PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 30, 1860 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 402 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTAGE STRIP,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CONDUCTING DALL SHEEP SURVEY FOR STATE OF ALASKA. GR STRUCK BOULDER IN CREEK BED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4122Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage