- Date
- February 29, 1964
- Place
- Mountains, AK · MOUNTAINS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7786KPiper PA20
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0501 64/2/29 MOUNTAINS ALAS PIPER PA20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 257 TIME - 1600 N7786K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 198 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- 24 INCHES OF LOOSE SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7786K
- Reported as
- Piper PA20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7786KRegistration cancelled Jun 21, 2017 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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