- Date
- July 20, 1978
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7185BPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780720018109A
- Case key
- 140276
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3305 78/7/20 NR.TALKEETNA,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2620 TIME - 1840 N7185B PX- 0 1 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 203 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TALKEETNA,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7185B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7185BRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7185B · 1
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