- Date
- February 3, 1971
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7528APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0447 71/2/3 TALKEETNA,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 5240 TIME - 1530 N7528A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CACHE CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TALKEETNA,ALAS KAHILTNA GLCR,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- TKOF AREA HAD SNW BLOWN INTO MOUNDS,AREA SOFT BTWN MOUNDS.DURG TKOF TIP OF SKI HOOKED UNDER MOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7528A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cache Creek