- Date
- May 26, 1968
- Place
- Homer, AK · HOMER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2586GChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109992
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2186 68/5/26 NR.HOMER,ALAS CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 290 TIME - 0900 N2586G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 15 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT FLYING NEAR CANYON WALL WAS FORCED TO LAND OR CRASH DUE TO DOWNDRAFTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2586G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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