ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 131664
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Date: | Thursday 9 May 1991 |
Time: | 19:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 180 |
Owner/operator: | Walter L. Sitz |
Registration: | N51612 |
MSN: | 31490 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Drewsey, OR -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Burns, OR (KBNO) |
Destination airport: | Drewsey, OR (NONE) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:AT THE END OF A PLEASURE FLIGHT, THE PILOT SET-UP AN APPROACH FOR LANDING AT A PRIVATE DIRT AIRSTRIP. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED-DOWN AND WAS CAUGHT IN AN UP-DRAFT. THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND FLOATED DOWN THE STRIP. THE PILOT OPTED TO GO-AROUND AND HAD TO MANEUVER UNDER A POWER LINE LOCATED AT THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP. THE AIRPLANE CLEARED THE POWER LINE, HOWEVER, THE RIGHT WING COLLIDED INTO THE CARPORT, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO A HOUSE THAT IS ALSO AT THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT DELAYED IN GOING-AROUND.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | SEA91LA101 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB SEA91LA101
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
21-Apr-2024 06:41 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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