- Date
- March 27, 1966
- Place
- Wasilla, AK · WASILLA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N778DBeech C35
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172612
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0782 66/3/27 WASILLA ALAS BEECH C35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1650 TIME - 1120 N778D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 235 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG LAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N778D
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Lake
N778DRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2013 · Beech C35Airframe modelBeech C35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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