Accident · 1997-07-08
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-07-08
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18-160 (N3952Z)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- ATKINS, RAY Matched by aircraft (N-number)
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude to clear terrain. Factors were exceeding the airplane's maximum allowable gross weight, and downdrafts and turbulence associated with wind flowing across a mountain ridge.
Source: NTSB case ANC97LA100Flight 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.