ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363117
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| Date: | Friday 14 August 1992 |
| Time: | 07:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3042M |
| MSN: | 12-1734 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Talkeetna, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE UNLICENSED PILOT REFUSED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ACCIDENT. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT THEY ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO CRASH JUST SHORT OF THE REMOTE STRIP. THE PILOT HAD PREVIOUSLY HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE, WHICH WAS REVOKED IN 1991. HIS AIRMAN MEDICAL CERTIFICATE HAD BEEN DENIED IN 1989.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IN FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION, AND HIS PREMATURE TOUCH DOWN. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE DOWNDRAFT AND THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC92LA134
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 2001 | N3042M | Aviad Corp. | 0 | Plymouth, MA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 13:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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