- Date
- July 7, 1975
- Place
- Whittier, AK · WHITTIER, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2891PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750707025189A
- Case key
- 150222
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2206 75/7/7 NR.WHITTIER,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N2891P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 29, 1149 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 406 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITTIER,AK ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- MARGINAL BEACH AREA. HIT ALDER BRUSH. WIND LT & VBL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2891P
- 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 N2891P · 1
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