- Date
- July 5, 1970
- Place
- Palmer, AK · PALMER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88174Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114559
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2898 70/7/5 PALMER,ALAS PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 146 TIME - 1330 N88174 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHEEP MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUREKA,ALAS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- FLYING LOW IN VALLEY,STEEP MTNS BOTH SIDES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88174
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sheep Mountain
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