- Date
- March 12, 1975
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7007HPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750312010109A
- Case key
- 146826
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0916 75/3/12 NR.TALKEETNA,AK PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 650 TIME - 0930 N7007H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TALKEETNA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- R WG HIT GRND DRG TURN TO FINAL APCH TO FROZEN LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7007H
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7007HRegistration cancelled Aug 11, 2006 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 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.