- Date
- May 20, 1979
- Place
- Valdez, AK · VALDEZ, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1912PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790520036889A
- Case key
- 135569
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3094 79/5/20 NR.VALDEZ,AK PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 18 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N1912P PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VALDEZ,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- ACFT DMG PRESUMED.OIL SLICK FOUND IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1912P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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