- Date
- September 4, 1979
- Place
- Palmer, AK · PALMER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8666DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790904028009A
- Case key
- 133671
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2807 79/9/4 NR.PALMER,AK PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 871 TIME - 1600 N8666D PX- 1 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 210 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VICTORY BIBLE CMP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALMER,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- PASSENGERS TAKING PICTURES OF CABIN ON SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8666D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Victory Bible Cmp
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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.