- Date
- December 13, 1976
- Place
- Cordova, AK · CORDOVA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4232ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761213038139A
- Case key
- 156635
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3844 76/12/13 NR.CORDOVA,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N4232Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, 1022 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCLOUD HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORDOVA,AK SAN JAUN BAY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WND GUSTING 30K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4232Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcloud Harbor
N4232ZRegistration cancelled Sep 13, 2013 · Piper PA-18Airframe modelPiper PA-18Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4232Z · 1
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