- Date
- March 5, 1972
- Place
- Buckland, AK · BUCKLAND, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4887APiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165798
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0573 72/3/5 BUCKLAND,ALAS PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 3650 TIME - 0925 N4887A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCKLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCKLAND,ALAS SELAWIK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- SKI EQUIPD.TKOF AREA ADJ TO RWY.HIT SNOW DRIFT,BOUNCED INTO AIR,LNDD ON SNOW MOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4887A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buckland
N4887ARegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2012 · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.