- Date
- May 12, 1979
- Place
- Birchwood, AK · BIRCHWOOD, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7649HPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790512010609A
- Case key
- 136301
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1227 79/5/12 BIRCHWOOD,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 28 TOTAL TIME - 0600 N7649H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRCHWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRCHWOOD,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- OTHER ACFT,N755B,SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT WING.ENGINE RUN UP CHECK DURING TAXI TO TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7649H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birchwood
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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.