ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 374289
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Date: | Sunday 31 August 1986 |
Time: | 21:20 LT |
Type: | Cessna 180B |
Owner/operator: | David Virgil Buchanan |
Registration: | N3539E |
MSN: | 50398 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6100 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Clear, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Fairbanks, AK (FAI) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT & PASSENGER WERE ON A HUNTING TRIP & HAD SELECTED A CLEARING ON A BRUSH COVERED HILLSIDE FOR A LANDING. THE CLEARING HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY USED AS AN AIRSTRIP. WHILE ON FINAL APCH TO LAND AT DUSK, THE PLT LOST SIGHT OF THE TOUCHDOWN AREA DUE TO DARKNESS & SHADOWS. DURING THE LANDING, HE OVERRAN THE LANDING ZONE. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR THEN ENCOUNTERED UNEVEN TERRAIN & COLLAPSED.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC86LA159 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC86LA159
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