- Date
- August 30, 1978
- Place
- Chelatna Lake, AK · CHELATNA LAKE, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3551APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780830029359A
- Case key
- 139464
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3700 78/8/30 CHELATNA LAKE,AK PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 350 TIME - 1130 N3551A PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONA MINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK CHELATNA LAKE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- PREMATURE FLAP RETRACTION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3551A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sona Mine
N3551ARegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N3551A · 1
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