- Date
- December 8, 1964
- Place
- Eureka, AK · EUREKA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4881APiper PA18
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180220
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3623 64/12/8 EUREKA ALAS PIPER PA18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 400 TIME - 1135 N4881A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EUREKA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- DEEP SNOW ON RUNWAY CAUSED NOSEOVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4881A
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eureka
N4881ARegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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