- Date
- December 21, 1979
- Place
- King Salmon, AK · KING SALMON, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4368ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791221034659A
- Case key
- 132044
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3542 79/12/21 NR.KING SALMON,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N4368Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 902 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 137 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KING SALMON,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON CINDER PATCH AND ENTERED SNOWDRIFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4368Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4368ZRegistration cancelled May 13, 2015 · 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 N4368Z · 2
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