Piper PA-18 N4178Z
19 April 1979 · Sheep Bay, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 April 1979 at about 07:18 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N4178Z was involved in an incident during in flight near Sheep Bay, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 07:18
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Sheep Bay, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18
- Registration
- N4178Z
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Other
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 5-0018
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
A/C FLOAT EQUIPPED.FISH SPOTTING.NO OBSERVER IN ACET, APPROX 15 OTHER ACFT IN AREA OVER BAY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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