- Date
- March 27, 1971
- Place
- Port Alswrth, AK · PORT ALSWRTH, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8520DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160562
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1050 71/3/27 PORT ALSWRTH,ALAS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 132 TIME - 1600 N8520D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NIKABUNA LAKE,ALAS PORT ALSWORTH,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- SNOW CVRD FROZEN LAKE WITH SEVERAL SNOW DRIFTS.ACFT AT MAS GWT. HIT SNOWBANK AT END OF LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8520D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8520DRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 2022 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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