- Date
- October 9, 1976
- Place
- Gunsight Mtn, AK · GUNSIGHT MTN, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7661LPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156051
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2637 76/10/9 GUNSIGHT MTN,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 420 TIME - 2200 N7661L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 320 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUNSIGHT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GUNSIGHT MTN,AK HILLTOP,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-WINDSHIELD ICED OVER OR FOGGED UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- NOSED OVER IN BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7661L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gunsight Strip
N7661LRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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