Piper PA-28R N2992R

14 August 1973 · Naknek, Alaska, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 14 August 1973 at about 16:30 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered N2992R, operated by Peninsula Airw, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Naknek, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 August 1973 at 16:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Naknek, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Tibbetts Strip
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28R
Registration: N2992R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Peninsula Airw
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: King Salmon, Alas → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2534

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	2	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

FIRST STRIP LDNG SINCE MAULED BY BEAR ON 7/20/73

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 3-2534, 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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