- Date
- September 25, 1970
- Place
- Gulkana, AK · GULKANA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N57744Taylorcraft L-2
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3839 70/9/25 NR.GULKANA,ALAS TAYLORCRAFT L-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 199 TIME - 0830 N57744 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 197 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MILE 126 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULKANA,ALAS CHISTOCHINA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- RWY MUDDY WITH PATCHES OF SNOW. PLT CLEANED WGS PARTIALLY. SETTLED INTO STUMPS AND LOGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57744
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft L-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mile 126
N57744Registration cancelled Dec 22, 2014 · Taylorcraft DCO-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.