- Date
- July 7, 1973
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7145KPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730707022589A
- Case key
- 189247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2385 73/7/7 FAIRBANKS,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 1000 TIME - 0731 N7145K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHENA RIVER,ALAS BETTLES,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7145K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.
Other investigations on N7145K · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC86LA041Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFairbanks, AKThe flight instructor stated that he was demonstrating a stall landing to the student pilot. After touchdown and rollout the aircraft struck a snow drift on the runway causing the aircraft to nose over on its back.NTSB ANC81FAA38Accident · No injuriesClosedFairbanks, AKNTSB ANC72DAA33Accident · No injuriesClosedBig Delta, AK