- Date
- September 2, 1972
- Place
- Chignik Lagn, AK · CHIGNIK LAGN, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7422PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163278
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2489 72/9/2 CHIGNIK LAGN,ALAS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2100 N7422P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 40, 5500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHIGNIK FISHERIES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHIGNIK LAGN,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS KING SALMON,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT FORCED LNDD IN LAGOON,SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7422P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chignik Fisheries
N7422PRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7422P · 1
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