- Date
- May 4, 1980
- Place
- Bethel, AK · BETHEL, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7466LPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800504012609A
- Case key
- 130438
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1565 80/5/4 NR.BETHEL,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 765 TIME - 1500 N7466L PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 145 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCGRATH,AK BETHEL,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER/INADEQUATE VENTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AD 78-10-3 ON FUEL TANK CAP VENTING N/C/W.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7466L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7466L · 1
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