- Date
- January 12, 1980
- Place
- Sparrevohn, AK · SPARREVOHN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8142YPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800112000809A
- Case key
- 131641
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2349 80/1/12 NR.SPARREVOHN,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1150 TIME - 1340 N8142Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 336 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPARREVOHN,AK BIRCHWOOD,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- TEMP -50DEG F.PART PWR LOSS EXCEPT WHEN USING PRIMER.PLT SUSPECTED ICE IN FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8142Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8142YRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.