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ANC72DAA08

1971-08-29 · BIG DELTA, Alaska, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N1121W

Make / Model
PIPER PA-12
Year of manufacture
1947 · 24 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19570815
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A03631

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PIPER PA-12 · N1121W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
Personal/private
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
020° / 4 kt
Temp
60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000051
Total time
1,751 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
67
Age
29

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

D,LOWER TREES,BRUSH OTR END.TOOK OFF TWD HI TREES.

Investigator remarks

FLOAT EQPD.LAKE 2000FT LONG,50-70FT TREES ONE EN

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/A/I A
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3329. Source file NTSB_1971_3_3329.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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