- Date
- June 7, 1968
- Place
- Yakutat, AK · YAKUTAT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28290Piper J-5
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110118
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1436 68/6/7 NR.YAKUTAT,ALAS PIPER J-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1050 N28290 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 1850 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 47 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SANDY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- STRUCK SAND WINDROW LNDG ON BEACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28290
- Reported as
- Piper J-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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