Piper PA-18 N6838Z

24 May 1965 · Whittier Alas, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 May 1965 at about 10:25 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N6838Z, operated by Alaska, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Whittier Alas, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 May 1965 at 10:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Whittier Alas, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-18
Registration: N6838Z
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Alaska
Operating rule: State-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1887

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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WIND GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS-OFF AIRPORT OPERATION

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1887, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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