ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358718
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Date: | Wednesday 5 July 1995 |
Time: | 13:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-20 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N6946K |
MSN: | 20-50 |
Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Homer, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Kenai, AK (ENA) |
Destination airport: | Caribou Hills, AK |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON A RIDGE LOCATED 2000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE LANDING AREA WAS 1100 FEET LONG AND HAD A LENGTHWISE CROWN. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN THE FIRST 100 FEET, AND AS IT ROLLED OVER THE CROWN, HE BEGAN TO APPLY BRAKES. THE AIRPLANE'S TAIL CAME UP SLOWLY, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER (EXCESSIVE) USE OF THE BRAKES AFTER THE AIRPLANE CRESTED THE LANDING SITE'S CROWN AND STARTED DOWNHILL.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC95LA096 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC95LA096
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