Piper PA-18 N1271A

7 October 1967 · Chitina, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 7 October 1967 at about 14:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N1271A, operated by Transportation, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Chitina, 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: 7 October 1967 at 14:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Chitina, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Chitina
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-18
Registration: N1271A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Transportation
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3996

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CARB HEAT CONTROL WIRE BROKE, CARB HEAT HOT-ENG LOST RPM.ACFT ON FLOATS, LANDED ON LAKE, SLID ASHORE.

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 3-3996, 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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