- Date
- June 25, 1974
- Place
- Kiana, AK · KIANA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5330YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740625020779A
- Case key
- 130217
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2258 74/6/25 KIANA,ALAS PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2400 TIME - 1115 N5330Y PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOB BAKER MEM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KIANA,ALAS KOTZEBUE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UN START L ENG.ATMTD TKOF WITH ONLY ONE ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5330Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bob Baker Mem
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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.