- Date
- September 8, 1978
- Place
- Palmer, AK · PALMER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1752APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780908026849A
- Case key
- 139342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3217 78/9/8 NR.PALMER,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 185 TIME - 1330 N1752A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRASSHOPPER STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALMER,AK BIRCHWOOD,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1752A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grasshopper Strip
N1752ARegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2020 · Piper PA-18AAirframe modelPiper PA-18AEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.