PILOT POINT, AK, USA
N4012Z
PIPER PA-18-150
ACFT DEPARTED DENAI, AK, AT 0730 AKDT. WHEN MANUEVERING FOR A LANDING APCH ON DOG SALMON RIVER ACFT STALLED CONTACTING DIRT BANK. PLT WAS CARRYING 8 5-GALLON GASOLINE CANS. 4 CANS WERE STILL SECURED INSIDE THE ACFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT. ONLY 3 OF THE CANS WERE FULL OF GASOLINE. THE REMAINING 5 CANS SUSTAINED IMPACT DAMAGE WHICH IF THEY HAD BEEN FULL, WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE GASOLINE TO LEAK OUT. ALL THE DAMAGED CANS CONTAINED FUEL RESIDUE.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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