- Date
- September 18, 1976
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3324MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760918030579A
- Case key
- 149790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2614 76/9/18 NR.TALKEETNA,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1810 N3324M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 751 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 404 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FIELD SITE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FIELD SITE ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- UN CLMB OUT OF GROUND EFFECT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3324M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Field Site
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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.