- Date
- February 14, 1980
- Place
- Ruby, AK · RUBY, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78507Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800214003279A
- Case key
- 131765
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0183 80/2/14 NR.RUBY,AK PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 269 TIME - 1300 N78507 PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 163 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GALENA,AK POORMAN,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FLIGHT PLAN W FBO.STALLED WHILE FLW WOLF TRACKS UPHILL & HIT TALL TREE AFTER RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78507
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N78507Registration cancelled Oct 20, 2017 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.