- Date
- March 2, 1967
- Place
- Gulkana, AK · GULKANA, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8688HNavion A
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0655 67/3/2 GULKANA, ALAS NAVION A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 85 TOTAL TIME - 1034 N8688H PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GULKANA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT LANDED TO LEFT OF RNWY. PARTIAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. BOUNDARY LIGHTS COVERED WITH SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8688H
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gulkana
N8688HRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · North American NAVION AAirframe modelNorth American NAVION AEngine modelContinental E185 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.