- Date
- August 27, 1972
- Place
- North Pole, AK · NORTH POLE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78486Piper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168474
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3226 72/8/27 NORTH POLE,ALAS PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 478 TIME - 1210 N78486 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH POLE,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LNDD ON TUNDRA TRAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78486
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N78486Registration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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