Piper PA 18-150 N9265D
9 August 2015 · Talkeetna, Alaska, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 9 August 2015 at about 03:00 local time, a Piper PA 18-150 registered N9265D was involved in an accident near Talkeetna, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 03:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Talkeetna, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- 62.3000, -151.6897
- Aircraft
- Piper PA 18-150
- Registration
- N9265D
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1958
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Anchorage → Anchorage
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ANC15LA063
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
Impact with terrain during low-level cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was returning home after delivering passengers to a remote hunting camp. He recalled flying about 500 ft above ground level and looking at the north side of a mountain. The next thing that he remembered was waking up with a broken leg and the airplane on the ground. He extracted himself from the wreckage and requested assistance via satellite phone. He had no recollection of the events leading up to the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the fuselage, and empennage. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The airplane was not recovered from the accident site.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2015 | Piper PA 18 | Wasilla, Alaska, United States | STATE OF ALASKA / Alaska State Troopers | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 2015 | Piper PA 18-150 | LaBelle, Florida, United States | LOW & Slow Aviation Ventures LLC | No injuries | - |
| 3 Nov 2015 | Piper PA 18-150 | Tecumseh, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Feb 2015 | Piper PA 18-150 | Brookneal, Virginia, United States | Liberty University School of Aeronautics | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 2015 | Piper PA 18-150 | La Quinta, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 2015 | Piper PA 18-150 | McCarthy, Alaska, United States | Phillip Sturm | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2015 | De Havilland DHC-3T | Skwentna, Alaska, United States | Alaska Air Taxi LLC | No injuries | - |
| 14 Apr 2015 | Cessna 180 | Whittier, Alaska, United States | Dale A. Carlson | Fatal | 1 |
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| 1 Feb 2015 | Piper PA 12 | Palmer, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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