- Date
- January 15, 1976
- Place
- Eureka, AK · EUREKA, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4158MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760115001929A
- Case key
- 152360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0139 76/1/15 EUREKA,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 280 TIME - 1400 N4158M PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK GULKANA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-ENGINE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - ICY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLEW INTO ICE FOG,ENG LOST PWR. LND ON SLICK ROAD. SLID INTO SNOW BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4158M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4158MRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2012 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N4158M · 2
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