- Date
- June 9, 1970
- Place
- Russian Mssn, AK · RUSSIAN MSSN, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8566CPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2516 70/6/9 RUSSIAN MSSN,ALAS PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 378 TIME - 0830 N8566C PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RHYOLITE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RED DEVIL,ALAS RUSSIAN MSSN,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 55 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- NO FLAP LDG,WNDS GUSTING 20K.HIT 20FT SHORT,5FT BLO RWY. ENCTRD DOWNDRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8566C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rhyolite Strip
N8566CRegistered now · Piper PA-18A 150Airframe modelPiper PA-18A 150Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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