- Date
- July 20, 1971
- Place
- Fort Yukon, AK · FORT YUKON, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1506APiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162120
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2754 71/7/20 FORT YUKON,ALAS PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 286 TIME - 0900 N1506A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT YUKON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT YUKON,ALAS CIRCLE CITY,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- CRZ FLT-ACFT PITCHED DWN-UP WITHOUT CTL FROM PLT.OSCILLATIONS CONT,UN PREVENT ACFT DSCNT BLO TREES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1506A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fort Yukon
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