- Date
- April 3, 1975
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6791BPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750403006349A
- Case key
- 148335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0617 75/4/3 NR.KETCHIKAN,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 730 TIME - 2015 N6791B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KETCHIKAN,AK RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT LND FLOAT EQUIPPD ACFT ON SNOW COVERED LAKE.FLOATS BROKE THRU CRUST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6791B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6791BRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine 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.