ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361567
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Date: | Saturday 31 July 1993 |
Time: | 19:53 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-18 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N91219 |
MSN: | 18-8209003 |
Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
Total airframe hrs: | 574 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-A2A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Anchorage, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Donkey Crk Lake, AK |
Destination airport: | (KLHD) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, THE FLOATPLANE'S WINGS ROCKED SEVERAL TIMES, THEN THE LEFT WING HIT THE WATER. THE PILOT AND A WITNESS SAID THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE FROM A DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 (BEAVER) AIRPLANE THAT HAD LANDED SECONDS EARLIER. THE PILOT SAID SHE LANDED A NORMAL DISTANCE BEHIND THE BEAVER. A WITNESS ON THE SHORE SAID THE APPROACH AND LANDING WAS TOO FAST AND TOO CLOSE BEHIND THE BEAVER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION, WHILE ON AN APPROACH TO LAND BEHIND ANOTHER AIRPLANE.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC93LA129 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC93LA129
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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