- Date
- August 9, 1964
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7579KPiper PA18
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2410 64/8/9 NR.ANCHORAGE ALAS PIPER PA18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 1100 TIME - 0730 N7579K PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7579K
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7579KRegistration cancelled Dec 3, 2014 · Piper PA-18Airframe modelPiper PA-18Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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