- Date
- May 28, 1978
- Place
- Horseshoe Lake, AK · HORSESHOE LAKE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7538KPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780528011289A
- Case key
- 141857
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1287 78/5/28 HORSESHOE LAKE,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 89 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N7538K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HORSESHOE LAKE,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.THROTTLE LEFT IN FULL OPEN POSITION AFT ENG QUIT WITH ADEQUATE LNDG SPACE AHEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7538K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7538KRegistration cancelled Feb 5, 2022 · Piper PA-18SAirframe modelPiper PA-18SEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7538K · 1
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