SHAGELUK, AK, USA
N97MM
PIPER PA-20
THE ACFT CONTACTED TREES AND DESCENDED TO THE TERRAIN WHILE ON AN APCH TO A LAKE. THE PLT REPORTED THE ACFT WINDSCREEN KEPT FROSTING UP AND HE HAD TO REPEATEDLY WIPE IT CLEAN. IN THE PROCESS OF WIPING THE WINDSCREEN HE APPROACHED THE LAKE AT A LOWER THAN INTENDED ALT AND THE ACFT CONTACTED THE 60 FT TALL TREES. THE PLT STATED HE HAD PURCHASED A WINDSCREEN HEATER BUT HAD NOT YET INSTALLED IT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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