- Date
- July 2, 1977
- Place
- Takotna, AK · TAKOTNA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4281HPiper PA-14
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770702021379A
- Case key
- 147051
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1656 77/7/2 TAKOTNA,AK PIPER PA-14 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1094 TIME - 1600 N4281H PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAKOTNA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCGRATH,AK TAKOTNA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LNDD DNSLOPE OVER OTR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4281H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Takotna
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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.