- Date
- January 8, 1970
- Place
- Dillingham, AK · DILLINGHAM, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8054DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141639
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0127 70/1/8 DILLINGHAM,ALAS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 94 TOTAL TIME - 1245 N8054D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW KOLIGANEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW KOLIGANEK,ALAS DILLINGHAM,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY FUMES IN CABIN REMARKS- PLT DIVERTED HIS ATTN TO APPLYING HANDBRAKE. PLT AND PX THOUGHT THEY SMELLED ELEC FIRE AFT TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8054D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Koliganek
N8054DRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.
Other investigations on N8054D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.