Accident · 1993-10-04

NTSB case ANC94LA004 · PIPER PA-18 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-10-04
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-18 (N2765A)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: JOHNSON, ELMER A. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): JOHNSON, ELMER A.

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S DELAYED GO-AROUND PROCEDURE. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE IMPROPER USE OF CARBURETOR HEAT DURING THE GO-AROUND.

Source: NTSB case ANC94LA004

Flight 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.

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