ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364978
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Date: | Friday 5 July 1991 |
Time: | 17:45 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-22 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N3625A |
MSN: | 22-1883 |
Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-290-D2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Duncan, AZ -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Glendale, AZ (KGEU) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN WHAT HE TERMED A 'RELATIVELY UNFAMILIAR' AIRCRAFT TO A PRIVATE DIRT STRIP ON HIS FARM. ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, HE ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT, CAUSING HIM TO PERFORM A GO AROUND. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT'S AIRSPEED SLOWED. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER, BUT HE SAID THAT THE POWER APPLICATION AGGRAVATED THE SITUATION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ABOUT 30 FEET SHORT OF THE DIRT STRIP, HIT A FENCE, AND NOSED OVER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER AIRSPEED DURING THE APPROACH AND AN INADVERTENT ENTRY INTO A STALL/MUSH WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX91LA295 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX91LA295
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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