- Date
- September 18, 1972
- Place
- Glennallen, AK · GLENNALLEN, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3870ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3793 72/9/18 GLENNALLEN,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 10500 TIME - 1600 N3870Z PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NELCHIAA GLACIER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NELCHINA GLACIER GUNSIGHT MT.LODGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- WHEN APRXLY 40 FT AGL ACFT SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT OUT OF CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3870Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nelchiaa Glacier