- Date
- July 21, 1975
- Place
- Kaltag, AK · KALTAG, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N56840Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750721027739A
- Case key
- 150317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2129 75/7/21 KALTAG,AK PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 690 TIME - 1145 N56840 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 224 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KALTAG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KALTAG,AK GALENA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARGO SHIFTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- FISH LOAD SHIFTED TO REAR ON CLIMB OUT.NO CARGO NET.PLT TRIED TO RET & LND.SETTLED SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56840
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kaltag
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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.