- Date
- September 3, 1970
- Place
- Soldotna, AK · SOLDOTNA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2328MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3608 70/9/3 NR.SOLDOTNA,ALAS PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 278 TIME - 1930 N2328M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GIBSON LODGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GIBSON LODGE,ALAS SOLDOTNA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- HIT SOFT SPOT ON PRIVATE STRIP,VEERED OFF RWY INTO TALL BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2328M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gibson Lodge
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Other investigations on N2328M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.