ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363468
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| Date: | Monday 15 June 1992 |
| Time: | 00:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3516P |
| MSN: | 22-3269 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3533 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-A3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oshetna River, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Gulkana, AK (GKN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT WAS DEPARTING THE ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT AIRSTRIP WITH A QUARTERING TAILWIND. AFTER LIFT OFF HE WAS UNABLE TO OUT CLIMB THE BLUFF AND SURROUNDING TERRAIN. HE TURNED THE AIRPLANE DOWNWIND AND WAS STILL UNABLE TO CLIMB SO HE LANDED IN THE ALDER BUSHES. THE AIRPLANE BURNED AFTER THE LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES WITH THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO OR DURING THE FLIGHT.
Probable Cause: THE TAILWIND AND THE PILOT NOT UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE ATTEMPTED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AND THE HIGH VEGETATION IN THE FORCED LANDING AREA.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC92LA094
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 June 1992 | N3516P | Jonathan R. King | 0 | Oshetna River, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 17:36 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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