- Date
- August 20, 1974
- Place
- King Salmon, AK · KING SALMON, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4688MPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740820032059A
- Case key
- 138778
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3357 74/8/20 NR.KING SALMON,ALAS PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 749 TIME - 1500 N4688M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 664 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAKNAK,ALAS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.10 MPH CURRENT IN RIVER.HIT TREE ON BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4688M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4688M · 1
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