- Date
- April 11, 1977
- Place
- Valdez, AK · VALDEZ, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2978PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770411009379A
- Case key
- 157613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0486 77/4/11 NR.VALDEZ,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1050 TIME - 1345 N2978P PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 454 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FLENT POINT,AK FLENT POINT,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.L WING HIT WAVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2978P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2978PRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.