- Date
- February 6, 1975
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1472CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750206001779A
- Case key
- 147419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0175 75/2/6 NR.FAIRBANKS,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 621 TIME - 1430 N1472C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 260 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- SKI HIT LARGE SNOW DRIFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1472C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.