| Crash location | 67.950278°N, 148.224723°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Coldfoot, AK
67.256389°N, 150.184167°W 70.4 miles away |
| Tail number | N762LA |
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| Accident date | 06 Aug 2011 |
| Aircraft type | Piper PA-18-150 |
| Additional details: | None |
During a telephone conversation with the NTSB investigator-in-charge, the operator stated that the pilot was departing from a small remote airstrip. Just after lifting off, the airplane drifted to the right, and the right wing contacted brush on the side of the airstrip, causing it to spin to the right and flip over. He said that the flight was at the end of the day, and that the pilot was very fatigued. The empennage and wings sustained substantial damage.
The pilot's inadequate directional control of the airplane during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s fatigue.