- Date
- June 2, 1974
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N117MEPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740602020399A
- Case key
- 130212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2253 74/6/2 NR.FAIRBANKS,ALAS PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 6000 TIME - UNK/NR N117ME PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS KOTZEBUE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- DESCENDED INTO TREES.RCVRD 6/13/74.PLT BLD ALC LVL VARIED BTWN 290 AND 218MG%,PUTRID SAMPLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N117ME
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.