- Date
- March 13, 1978
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK · KOTZEBUE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N3383MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780313011579A
- Case key
- 143377
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1052 78/3/13 NR.KOTZEBUE,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, UNK/NR TIME - UNK/NR N3383M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOTZEBUE,AK RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3383M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3383MRegistration cancelled Jan 15, 2019 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3383M · 2
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