- Date
- August 30, 1970
- Place
- Denali, AK · DENALI, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9783DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126941
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3589 70/8/30 DENALI,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 4600 TIME - 1000 N9783D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUSITNA LODGE,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT SETTLED DRG 180DEG,R FLOAT AND WING HIT SIDE OF MTN.ACFT FLOAT EQPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9783D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9783DRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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