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Piper Cub Crashes Tree in Alaska

What: PA-18 Super Cub
Where: 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANCHORAGE, AK
When: 12/21/2008 Time: 0030
Who: pilot
Why: Aircraft struck tree during aborted take-off 30 miles NW of Anchorage SK

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