# NTSB ANC71DAA13: Piper PA-20, N7080K, Dot Lake, AK, September 4, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 4, 1970
- Place: Dot Lake, AK · DOT LAKE, AK
- Location: 63.6614° N, 144.0644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dot Lake, AK, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.6614&lon=-144.0644&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 12, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129105
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC71DAA13
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC71DAA13

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3609   70/9/4  NR.DOT LAKE,ALAS      PIPER PA-20         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1245                    N7080K              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 32, 419 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            162 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TOK,ALAS                    FAIRBANKS,ALAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  UNUSUAL NOISE
        REMARKS- NO TAILWHEEL CTL DURG LDG.TAILWHEEL SPRING U CLAMP BOLT MISG.CAUSE OF NOISE IN FLT NOT DETERMINED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7080K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7080K-1972-05-05), registration cancelled 1972-05-05, S/N 20-186 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Registry model: [Piper PA-20](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (registry code 7102002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N7080K (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC66D0029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC66D0029), Sep 8, 1965: Piper PA-20 (N7080K), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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