- Date
- June 25, 1976
- Place
- Gulkana, AK · GULKANA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2855TPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760625018309A
- Case key
- 155119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4180 76/6/25 NR.GULKANA,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 2767 TIME - 1205 N2855T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 423 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUSH STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULKANA,AK CHITNA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- GRAVEL BAR ON GULKANA RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2855T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bush Strip
N2855TRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming O-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2855T · 1
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