- Date
- September 21, 1980
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N21AAPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800921044329A
- Case key
- 127835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3170 80/9/21 NR.ANCHORAGE,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 300 TIME - 2024 N21AA PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 253 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POST RIVER,AK ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 45 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TKOF WT 175LBS OVR MAX LMT,CG 2.5 IN BHND AFT LMT.RCVRD 9/22/80.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21AA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N21AARegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · Piper PA-18Airframe modelPiper PA-18Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N21AA · 2
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