- Date
- July 17, 1971
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK · KOTZEBUE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6655JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2544 71/7/17 KOTZEBUE,ALAS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 189 TIME - 1150 N6655J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 167 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOTZEBUE,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- PLT ATMTD TOUCH AN GO ON SAND BAR,ADDD PWR,HIT LARGE ROCK,ACFT SKIDDED TO A STOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6655J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6655JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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