- Date
- April 4, 1971
- Place
- Eagle River, AK · EAGLE RIVER, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2795MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1293 71/4/4 NR.EAGLE RIVER,ALAS PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 14 TOTAL TIME - 1900 N2795M PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHUGIAK,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: BUZZING STALL IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- STEEP BANKS OVR HOUSE,LOW FUEL.ENG SPUTTERED DRG STEEP PULL-UP,ABT 100FT AGL,ACFT STALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2795M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2795MRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2019 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N2795M · 3
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