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Piper PA-14 N5185H

17 September 1969 · Artic Vilage, Alaska, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 17 September 1969 at about 13:00 local time, a Piper PA-14 registered N5185H was involved in an accident during in flight near Artic Vilage, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 13:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Artic Vilage, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-14
Registration
N5185H
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Elusive Lake, Alas → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-4003

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 2 1 0

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED, FLT IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA APRX 800FT AGL ENCTRD DWNDFTS DRG 180 DEGREE TURN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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