Piper PA-20 N7721K

4 January 1980 · Palmer, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 January 1980 at about 09:20 local time, a Piper PA-20 registered N7721K was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Palmer, 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: 4 January 1980 at 09:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Palmer, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Palmer
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-20
Registration: N7721K
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Wasilla, Ak → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dawn
NTSB number: 3-0020

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

NO BRAKE PEDALS ON RGT SIDE OF COCKPIT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0020, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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