- Date
- September 12, 1973
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9405PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730912032729A
- Case key
- 188419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3049 73/9/12 NR.KENAI,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N9405P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 25, 939 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 583 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENAI,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SANDY REMARKS- LND ON SAND BAR,RAN INTO SOFT SAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9405P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9405PRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.