# Accident 19750424009359A: Bnorm BN2A, Tin City, AK, April 24, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1975
- Place: Tin City, AK
- Airport: Tin City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 65.5586° N, 167.9481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tin City, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.5586&lon=-167.9481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N591JA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,406 total, 284 in this make and model, 263 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75AA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750424009359A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HIT STEEP BLUFF SHORT OF RWY.DOWNDRAFT,GUSTS TO 30K.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC75AA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA075), Apr 24, 1975: Brittnorman BN-2A (N591JA), Tin City, AK, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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