- Date
- November 7, 1971
- Place
- North Pole, AK · NORTH POLE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6268HPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164211
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3980 71/11/7 NORTH POLE,ALAS PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 94 TOTAL TIME - 1435 N6268H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH POLE,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- L SKI HIT UNKN OBJ ON TKOF,BOTH LDG GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6268H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6268HRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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