- Date
- November 22, 1964
- Place
- Wainwright, AK · WAINWRIGHT, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7763KPiper PA20
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180791
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3547 64/11/22 WAINWRIGHT ALAS PIPER PA20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 500 TIME - 1100 N7763K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- AIRCRAFT SKIS STRUCK VEGETATION UNDER LOOSE SNOW
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7763K
- Reported as
- Piper PA20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7763KRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2014 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N7763K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC11CA082Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportTyonek, AKThe student pilot’s decision to take off toward a hill with a gusting tailwind. Contributing was the pilot's premature rotation that prevented the airplane from climbing over the hill.NTSB ANC84LA062Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEster, AKThe plt maded an off-arpt landing on a frozen river with an 'overflow.' During the rollout, the acft hit a 12 inch deep pocket of slush & nosed over.