- Date
- July 29, 1964
- Place
- Port Heiden, AK · PORT HEIDEN, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1582PPiper PA18A
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181519
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3665 64/7/29 PORT HEIDEN ALAS PIPER PA18A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1500 TIME - 1130 N1582P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 45 75 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1582P
- Reported as
- Piper PA18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1582PRegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2013 · Piper PA-18A-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18A-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N1582P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.