- Date
- July 12, 1977
- Place
- Slop Bucket Lk, AK · SLOP BUCKET LK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3992MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770712023439A
- Case key
- 146056
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3133 77/7/12 SLOP BUCKET LK,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 3125 TIME - 1200 N3992M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLOP BUCKET LK,AK ANCHORAGE,AK. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.HIT DIKE.WIND CHANGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3992M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3992M · 2
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