ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 371689
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Date: | Saturday 9 January 1988 |
Time: | 12:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N8439X |
MSN: | 17248939 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E20 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Willow, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Birchwood, AK (Z15) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT STATED THAT IMMEDIATELY UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE STARTED SINKING IN (TWO FEET) DEEP SNOW, AND CAME TO A STOP IN ABOUT 50 FEET. THE LEFT WING AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THE PLT HAD OVERFLOWN THE ARPT AND SAW THE SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT ABOUT MID-FIELD. HE DECIDED TO LAND SHORT OF THEM. UNFORTUNATELY HE CHOSE THE UNPLOWED END OF THE RWY.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC88DAG02 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC88DAG02
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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