ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363823
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| Date: | Saturday 8 February 1992 |
| Time: | 17:08 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8620S |
| MSN: | 15061920 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3799 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairbanks, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, DURING DUSK LIGHTING CONDITIONS, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE PRIVATE PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS 'CUTTING THE RUNWAY TOO CLOSE, AND THAT BY TRYING TO LAND ON OR NEAR THE NUMBERS I DIDN'T PROVIDE A WIDE ENOUGH SAFETY MARGIN'.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE ALTITUDE NECESSARY FOR TERRAIN CLEARANCE ON THE FINAL APPROACH. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE SNOWBANK AND THE DUSK LIGHTING CONDITIONS.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC92LA034
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 March 1999 | N8620S | Quicksilver Airways | 0 | Fairbanks, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 06:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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