- Date
- December 14, 1973
- Place
- Puntilla, AK · PUNTILLA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7908PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731214039809A
- Case key
- 187710
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1851 73/12/14 NR.PUNTILLA,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1000 TIME - UNK/NR N7908P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUNTILLA,ALAS CHUGIAK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- IMPACTED NEAR VERT NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.ELT SAFETY PIN INSTALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7908P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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