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ANC70D0072

1969-10-25 · KODIAK, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER PA-12S · N7716H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
KODIAK MUNI
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000012-609
Total time
1,771 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
348
Age
39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

2-1/2IN AFT OF REAR LIMIT.HIT PIPES.

Investigator remarks

FROST ON WINGS,VENTRAL FIN FULL OF WATER.CG ABT

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 88/C/74 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRFRAME ICE Cause
  • 84/C/G C
    MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
  • 88/L/76 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4285. Source file NTSB_1969_3_4285.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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