- Date
- January 21, 1979
- Place
- Galena, AK · GALENA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8324Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790121014359A
- Case key
- 137217
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2112 79/1/21 GALENA,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2283 TIME - 1030 N8324 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 353 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST CHANCE, AK GALENA, AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARB MIXTURE CONTROL WIRE BROKEN,MIXTURE WENT TO IDLE CUTOFF POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8324
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8324 · 1
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