- Date
- August 30, 1965
- Place
- Gold King, AK · GOLD KING, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6629MStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176047
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2581 65/8/30 NR.GOLD KING ALAS STINSON 108-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 207 TIME - 1150 N6629M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 55 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION. WIND GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6629M
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6629MRegistration cancelled Feb 9, 2018 · Stinson 108-3Airframe modelStinson 108-3Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 series
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