Piper PA-18 N722

27 July 1970 · Barter Isle, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 27 July 1970 at about 14:17 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N722 was involved in an accident during in flight near Barter Isle, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 July 1970 at 14:17
Classification: Accident
Location: Barter Isle, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-18
Registration: N722
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Federal-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: All Other Public Flying
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Peters Lake, Alas → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2947

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	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

RECOVERY DATE 7/29/70.FLOAT EQPD-DALL SHEEP SURVEY.IMPACTED 3000FT LVL NR VERT.FLAP CTL FULL FLAP.

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 3-2947, 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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