ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353234
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| Date: | Saturday 5 June 1999 |
| Time: | 07:05 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N78456 |
| MSN: | 12-1965 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2934 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anchorage, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | , AK (KANC) |
| (Z41) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was attempting to land on an off airport gravel bar, with a right crosswind of 15 to 20 knots. He described the airplane developing a high rate of descent prior to landing, and increasing power to slow the descent. He said the airplane landed hard, bounced, and he aborted the landing. He then observed the right main wheel misaligned about 30 degrees. The pilot returned to the departure airport's gravel airstrip for an emergency landing. During the landing, the right main landing gear strut collapsed, damaging the right-front lift-strut.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions and maintain a proper rate of descent during the approach for landing, which resulted in a hard landing, and the subsequent collapse of the right main landing gear strut.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC99LA069
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 2007 | N78456 | Private | 0 | Anchorage, Alaska | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Mar-2024 11:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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