- Date
- September 1, 1973
- Place
- Cantwell, AK · CANTWELL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2950PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730901031499A
- Case key
- 188442
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2983 73/9/1 CANTWELL,ALAS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 556 TIME - 1730 N2950P PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 495 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOLDEN NORTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CANTWELL,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT WAS SPOTTING MOOSE FOR HUNTERS.ALAS ST TROOPER OBSRVD PLT DRINKING PRIOR FLT.POSS ALC IMPRMNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2950P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Golden North
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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.