Accident · 2003-09-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-09-03
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18 (N4500W)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with terrain.
Source: NTSB case ANC03LA107Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.