- Date
- August 9, 1979
- Place
- Gulkana, AK · GULKANA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7853HPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790809023749A
- Case key
- 134692
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2113 79/8/9 NR.GULKANA,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1470 TIME - 0900 N7853H PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG LAKE,AK BLUE LAKE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7853H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Lake
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7853H · 2
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