- Date
- August 15, 1974
- Place
- Prospect Crk, AK · PROSPECT CRK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7799DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740815026049A
- Case key
- 134466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2373 74/8/15 NR.PROSPECT CRK,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 320 TIME - 1905 N7799D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 257 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETTLES,ALAS FAIRBANKS,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT.UN OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7799D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7799DRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.