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Piper PA-18 N1192C

3 August 1988 · Delta Junction, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 August 1988 at about 05:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N1192C was involved in an accident near Delta Junction, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 05:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Delta Junction, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
63.7007, -144.8902
Aircraft
Piper PA-18
Registration
N1192C
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Delta Junction → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC88LA103

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

THE PRIVATE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT AN UNIMPROVED, OFF-AIRPORT LANDING SITE NEAR DELTA JUNCTION, AK. THE LANDING AREA THAT HE SELECTED WAS MUDDIER THAN HE HAD ANTICIPATED, AND THE AIRPLANE DECELERATED TOO RAPIDLY AND NOSED OVER, DAMAGING THE LIFT STRUT. THE PILOT FAILED TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED ACDT REPORT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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