- Date
- November 19, 1972
- Place
- Pilot Point, AK · PILOT POINT, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4074RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169391
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3731 72/11/19 PILOT POINT,ALAS PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N4074R PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 23, 1730 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 764 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PILOT POINT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PILOT POINT,ALAS KING SALMON,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT REMARKS- STRIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION.COULDNT SEE BULLDOZER DUE FLOOD LTS.NAV LTS NOT ON,ROTATING BEACON INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4074R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pilot Point
N4074RRegistration cancelled May 18, 2009 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.
Other investigations on N4074R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.