- Date
- May 12, 1964
- Place
- Seward, AK · SEWARD, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3384PPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185022
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0320 64/5/12 SEWARD ALASKA PIPER PA23 CR- 1 2 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1430 N3384P PX- 0 0 0 MAPPING/PHOTO 41, 17000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEWARD MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- TEMP 58F
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3384P
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Seward Municipal
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