ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355425
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Date: | Friday 8 August 1997 |
Time: | 17:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-18 |
Owner/operator: | Ingo Hans Brigmann |
Registration: | N339T |
MSN: | 18-2453 |
Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4917 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A3A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Circle, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | , AK (KCRC) |
Destination airport: | 28 Mi Up Yukon, AK |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The tundra tire equipped airplane touched down at the beginning of the 1,100-foot-long by 50-feet-wide grass strip. The right wing contacted willow brush, and the airplane ground looped. The pilot said he was trying to land at the beginning of the landing area, and did not see the brush. He also noted that he was fatigued.
Probable Cause: The inadequate visual lookout by the pilot, and his selection of a landing area with high vegetation in the landing path. Factors which contributed to the accident were fatigue and the high vegatation.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC97LA118 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC97LA118
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