- Date
- October 4, 1975
- Place
- Kaktovik, AK · KAKTOVIK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7199ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751004041739A
- Case key
- 151332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4021 75/10/4 NR.KAKTOVIK,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N7199Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 2129 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 290 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IUASHAK,AK BARTER ISLAND,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOG GEAR STRUCK SNOW COVERED BRUSH. NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7199Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7199Z · 1
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