- Date
- January 18, 1980
- Place
- Stoney River, AK · STONEY RIVER, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2715MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800118009939A
- Case key
- 133998
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2632 80/1/18 STONEY RIVER,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, UNK/NR TIME - 1600 N2715M PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STONEY RIVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RED DEVIL,AK STONEY RIVER,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 30 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- L WING HIT END OF RWY,2FT BLO GRADE.WND GSTG 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2715M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stoney River
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2715M · 1
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