- Date
- October 5, 1974
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2874MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741005044389A
- Case key
- 143025
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3746 74/10/5 NR.TALKEETNA,ALAS PIPER PA-12 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 24, TIME - 1400 N2874M PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 1400 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NO WITNESS.ACFT MAY HAVE BEEN ATMPT TO LND ON ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2874M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2874MRegistration cancelled Oct 21, 2019 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N2874M · 1
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