- Date
- June 10, 1973
- Place
- Soldotna, AK · SOLDOTNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N92527Piper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730610018379A
- Case key
- 190001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2226 73/6/10 SOLDOTNA,ALAS PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 256 TIME - 1710 N92527 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 251 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMER,ALAS MERRILL FIELD,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- EXHAUST VALVE IN NO.3 CYL SEPN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92527
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N92527Registration cancelled Nov 24, 2014 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.