- Date
- September 3, 1968
- Place
- Dillingham, AK · DILLINGHAM, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N745RPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3041 68/9/3 DILLINGHAM,ALAS PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 260 TIME - 2000 N745R PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DILLINGHAM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING REMARKS- ATTEMPTED LNDG ON UNLIGHTED FLD WITH AID OF CAR LTS.STRUCK POWER LINE NEXT TO RNWY.LTD FLD NEARBY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N745R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dillingham
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