Piper PA-18 N7711B
8 April 1975 · Merrill Pass, Alaska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 8 April 1975, a Piper PA-18 registered N7711B was involved in an accident during in flight near Merrill Pass, 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
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Merrill Pass, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18
- Registration
- N7711B
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Anchorage, Ak → Return
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Unknown/Not Reported
- NTSB number
- 3-1256
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
RCVRD 4/18/75 FROM SLOPE OF PASS.DEP FOR FLT ON 4/8/75, ACCIDENT PRESUMED SAME DATE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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