Accident · 1996-10-02
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-10-02
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18 (N64RS)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. The unfavorable wind condition was a related factor.
Source: NTSB case ANC97FA002Flight 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.