- Date
- May 12, 1975
- Place
- Savoonga, AK · SAVOONGA, AK
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5607YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750512020219A
- Case key
- 149319
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1591 75/5/12 SAVOONGA,AK PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1745 N5607Y PX- 5 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 35, 8500 TOTAL HOURS, 800 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAVOONGA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVOONGA,AK GAMBELL,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- CABIN DOOR CAME OPEN IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5607Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Savoonga
N5607YRegistration cancelled May 25, 1976 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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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.