- Date
- October 7, 1970
- Place
- Slana, AK · SLANA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N37924Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158863
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4625 70/10/7 SLANA,ALAS PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 70 TOTAL TIME - 0925 N37924 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUFFYS TAVERN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SLANA,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS GULKANA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 32 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PLT CALLED GULKANA FOR THEIR WEA.WASNT ENDORSED FOR SOLO FLT.FLEW INTO POOR WEA,HIT MTN SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37924
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Duffys Tavern
N37924Registration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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