- Date
- June 27, 1974
- Place
- King Salmon, AK · KING SALMON, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8889DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740627022309A
- Case key
- 130303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2123 74/6/27 KING SALMON,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 329 TIME - 1615 N8889D PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KING SALMON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS KING SALMON,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8889D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- King Salmon
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8889D · 2
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