- Date
- December 16, 1970
- Place
- Chignik, AK · CHIGNIK, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4035WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159374
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1709 70/12/16 CHIGNIK,ALAS PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1100 N4035W PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 263 TOTAL HOURS, 181 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHIGNIK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT HEIDEN,ALAS CHIGNIK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- R GR STRUCK DEEP WASHOUT AT RWY EDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4035W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chignik
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Other investigations on N4035W · 2
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