- Date
- March 11, 1972
- Place
- Skwentna, AK · SKWENTNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N46962Interstate S-1B1
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165366
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0108 72/3/11 NR.SKWENTNA,ALAS INTERSTATE S-1B1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 420 TIME - 1430 N46962 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHELATNA LODGE,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- SPOTTING WOLVES. RECOVERED 3/12/72.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46962
- Reported as
- Interstate S-1B1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N46962Registered now · Interstate S-1B1Airframe modelInterstate S-1B1Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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