- Date
- August 12, 1973
- Place
- Grizzly Lake, AK · GRIZZLY LAKE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N98401Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730812026779A
- Case key
- 201630
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2703 73/8/12 GRIZZLY LAKE,ALAS PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 300 TIME - 2030 N98401 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRIZZLY LAKE,ALAS TANADA LAKE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 35 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPD.TKOF FRM CANYON LAKE,UN CLEAR SURROUNDING TERRAIN VFR.HAD TO SIDESLIP TO LND ON LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98401
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orange
N98401Registration cancelled Aug 6, 2012 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental C85 series
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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.