- Date
- August 22, 1979
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3694ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790822027439A
- Case key
- 134068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2362 79/8/22 NR.TALKEETNA,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 30000 TIME - 1330 N3694Z PX- 0 0 2 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,AK RETURN IRON CREEK-HUNT SITE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ICY REMARKS- ACFT SLID BACKWARDS OFF GLACIER CLIFF.PLT ATTEMPTED TO START ENG WHILE ACFT WAS SLIDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3694Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3694ZRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3694Z · 1
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