- Date
- November 25, 1972
- Place
- Glenallen, AK · GLENALLEN, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7873DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163290
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3811 72/11/25 GLENALLEN,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 130 TIME - 1030 N7873D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 69 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULSONA LAKE,ALAS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- SKIS BOGGED IN OVERFLOW ON TOP OF ICE.PLT SAID,JUST AS HE DECIDED TO ABORT,HIT ROCK,TKOF,STALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7873D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7873DRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Piper PA-18Airframe modelPiper PA-18Engine modelContinental C90 series
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