Accident · 1997-07-16
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-07-16
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18 (N83675)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- MCMAHAN GUIDE, FLYING SERVICE Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- MCMAHAN GUIDE, FLYING SERVICE
Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing.
Source: NTSB case ANC97LA104Flight 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.