- Date
- September 20, 1964
- Place
- Ltl Delta Rv, AK · LTL DELTA RV, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7889DPiper PA18
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181229
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2967 64/9/20 LTL DELTA RV ALAS PIPER PA18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1400 TIME - 1600 N7889D PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - Z TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR 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 VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7889D
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Z
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