- Date
- June 22, 1971
- Place
- Skwentna, AK · SKWENTNA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5112XChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162357
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2479 71/6/22 SKWENTNA,ALAS CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 86 TOTAL TIME - 1915 N5112X PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKWENTNA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS SKWENTNA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- LDG DIRECTLY INTO SUN.GND SLOPES UP TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5112X
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skwentna
N5112XRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 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 N5112X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.