- Date
- September 20, 1981
- Place
- Yakutat, AK · YAKUTAT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4099PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810920064299A
- Case key
- 122564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3389 81/9/20 NR.YAKUTAT,AK PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1060 TIME - 0922 N4099P PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YAKUTAT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YAKUTAT,AK PALMER,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4099P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Yakutat
N4099PRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2013 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine 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.