- Date
- September 4, 1978
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3380MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780904026829A
- Case key
- 139838
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3046 78/9/4 NR.TALKEETNA,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 832 TIME - 1945 N3380M PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 464 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TALKEETNA,AK RETURN TALKEETNA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- AC DEPARTING FROM GRAVEL BAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3380M
- 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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