- Date
- June 23, 1979
- Place
- Caribou Creek, AK · CARIBOU CREEK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3856ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790623019519A
- Case key
- 135495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2313 79/6/23 CARIBOU CREEK,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1100 TIME - 1530 N3856Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARIBOU CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARIBOU CREEK,AK PALMER,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 55 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT STATED-MISTOOK TKOF PERFORMANCE W ANOTHER TYPE ACFT WHILE FATIGUED.D/A-3900 FT.XWND GSTG 12KTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3856Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Caribou Creek
N3856ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3856Z · 1
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