- Date
- July 10, 1975
- Place
- Homer, AK · HOMER, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6817LPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750710033099A
- Case key
- 150587
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2753 75/7/10 NR.HOMER,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N6817L PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 27, 4560 TOTAL HOURS, 300 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMER,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STATE WILDLIFE SURVEY. RECOVERED SAME DATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6817L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6817LRegistered 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.