- Date
- January 7, 1972
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N791JSmith Mini DSA-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1277 72/1/7 ANCHORAGE,ALAS SMITH MINI DSA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 174 TIME - 1401 N791J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 18 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- OPEN COCKPIT ACFT,LOW OAT,SEAT PSND LWR THAN NORMAL.PLT THOUGHT HE WAS ON RWY,LNDD SHORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N791J
- Reported as
- Smith Mini DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill Field
N791JRegistered now · Smith Miniplane DSA-1Airframe modelSmith Miniplane DSA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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