- Date
- August 15, 1975
- Place
- Delta Junction, AK · DELTA JUNCTION, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9091DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750815037019A
- Case key
- 150522
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3318 75/8/15 NR.DELTA JUNCTION,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2695 TIME - 0845 N9091D PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 326 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUZBY PVT STRIP,AK DELTA JUNCTION,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LND ON GRAVEL COVERED GLACIER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9091D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9091DRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9091D · 1
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