- Date
- April 19, 1979
- Place
- Sheep Bay, AK · SHEEP BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19790419024111A19790419024112A
- Case key
- 134985
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0018 79/4/19 SHEEP BAY,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 8500 TIME - 0718 N4178Z PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHEEP BAY,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- A/C FLOAT EQUIPPED.FISH SPOTTING.NO OBSERVER IN ACET,APPROX 15 OTHER ACFT IN AREA OVER BAY.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0018 79/4/19 SHEEP BAY,AK CESSNA 180F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 646 TIME - 0718 N2690Y PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLSEN BAY,AK. SHEEP BAY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- FISH SPOTTING.A/C FLOAT EQUIPPED.NO OBSERVER IN ACFT,APPROX 15 OTHER ACFT IN AREA OVER BAY.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2690Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N4178Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N4178ZRegistration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.