- Date
- September 16, 1964
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N98787Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181669
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3453 64/9/16 NR.ANCHORAGE ALAS PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 26, 85 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N98787 PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH GAS LINE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- CARB CONTAINED FOREIGN MATTER OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98787
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- North Gas Line
N98787Registration cancelled Apr 13, 2017 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental C85 series
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