- Date
- June 14, 1975
- Place
- Nuiqsut, AK · NUIQSUT, AK
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3728WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750614020259A
- Case key
- 149320
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1594 75/6/14 NUIQSUT,AK PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 15000 TIME - 1915 N3728W PX- 0 0 8 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NUIQSUT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NUIQSUT,AK BARROW,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLD UNDER CONSTRUCTION.BOTH ENDS MUDDY,ABT 1000FT IN MIDDLE USEABLE.HIT DITCH ACROSS END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3728W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nuiqsut
N3728WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.