- Date
- January 13, 1979
- Place
- Cantwell, AK · CANTWELL, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9016YPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790113000779A
- Case key
- 137616
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0043 79/1/13 CANTWELL,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 1200 TIME - 1500 N9016Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CANTWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BIG LAKE,AK CANTWELL,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH SNOW MACHINE,TOX ON OPERATOR REVEALED ELEVATED BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9016Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cantwell
N9016YRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.
Other investigations on N9016Y · 2
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