ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364479
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Date: | Tuesday 24 September 1991 |
Time: | 18:00 LT |
Type: | Maule M-5 |
Owner/operator: | George Edwin Palmer |
Registration: | N51645 |
MSN: | 6510C |
Total airframe hrs: | 1300 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-360 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Purkeypile Mine, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Mystic Lake, AK |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MISTAKENLY LANDED ON A DIFFERENT PART OF THE GRAVEL BAR THAN HE HAD INTENDED. DURING THE LANDING ROLL HE SAW A DITCH TO HIS FRONT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE AIRPLANE RAN INTO IT.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT ON THE GRAVEL BAR. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S INATTENTIVENESS AND THE DITCH IN THE GRAVEL BAR.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC91LA154 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC91LA154
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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