- Date
- March 30, 1964
- Place
- Portage, AK · PORTAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1555APiper PA20
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184558
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0753 64/3/30 PORTAGE ALAS PIPER PA20 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2900 TIME - 1045 N1555A PX- 0 0 2 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN-EARTHQUAKE FISSURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1555A
- Reported as
- Piper PA20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1555ARegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.