- Date
- May 11, 1978
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3465MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780511012499A
- Case key
- 147473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0905 78/5/11 ANCHORAGE,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 850 TIME - 1815 N3465M PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMPBELL LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAMPBELL LAKE,AK LOCAL AREA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3465M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Campbell Lake
N3465MRegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2023 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3465M · 1
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