ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 375852
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Date: | Friday 6 December 1985 |
Time: | 17:15 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-20 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N97MM |
MSN: | 20-41 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Shageluk, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Shageluk, AK (SHX) |
Destination airport: | Anvik, AK (ANV) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT CONTACTED TREES AND DESCENDED TO THE TERRAIN WHILE ON AN APCH TO A LAKE. THE PLT REPORTED THE ACFT WINDSCREEN KEPT FROSTING UP AND HE HAD TO REPEATEDLY WIPE IT CLEAN. IN THE PROCESS OF WIPING THE WINDSCREEN HE APPROACHED THE LAKE AT A LOWER THAN INTENDED ALT AND THE ACFT CONTACTED THE 60 FT TALL TREES. THE PLT STATED HE HAD PURCHASED A WINDSCREEN HEATER BUT HAD NOT YET INSTALLED IT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC86LA012 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC86LA012
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