- Date
- December 5, 1971
- Place
- Skwentna, AK · SKWENTNA, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2028UMaule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164824
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4457 71/12/5 SKWENTNA,ALAS MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 215 TIME - 1630 N2028U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SKWENTNA,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAXI: GROUND TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- ATMTD TO PACK SOFT SNW BY TAXIING ACFT ALONG SAND BAR.R WNG HIT SNW BNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2028U
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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