- Date
- July 29, 1972
- Place
- Wales, AK · WALES, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5108HPiper PA-14
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2553 72/7/29 WALES,ALAS PIPER PA-14 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1200 TIME - 1730 N5108H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOME,ALAS ESPERBERG,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT SPOTTED SOMETHING ON THE BEACH,LOWERED FLAPS 40DEG,100 FT ABOVE WATER,STEEP TURN TO LEFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5108H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5108HRegistration cancelled Feb 14, 2018 · Piper PA-14Airframe modelPiper PA-14Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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