- Date
- June 12, 1976
- Place
- Otto Lake, AK · OTTO LAKE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6200HPiper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760612025029A
- Case key
- 154350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1791 76/6/12 OTTO LAKE,AK PIPER J3C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 400 TIME - 1030 N6200H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OTTO LAKE,AK WIEN LAKE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL .093%. DEP FRM SWAMP AREA,SETTLED INTO WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6200H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.