ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363117
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Date: | Friday 14 August 1992 |
Time: | 07:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-12 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N3042M |
MSN: | 12-1734 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Talkeetna, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE UNLICENSED PILOT REFUSED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ACCIDENT. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT THEY ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO CRASH JUST SHORT OF THE REMOTE STRIP. THE PILOT HAD PREVIOUSLY HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE, WHICH WAS REVOKED IN 1991. HIS AIRMAN MEDICAL CERTIFICATE HAD BEEN DENIED IN 1989.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IN FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION, AND HIS PREMATURE TOUCH DOWN. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE DOWNDRAFT AND THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC92LA134 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC92LA134
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