- Date
- June 15, 1976
- Place
- Paxson, AK · PAXSON, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3229MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760615016599A
- Case key
- 154354
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1795 76/6/15 PAXSON,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 758 TIME - 1050 N3229M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 128 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAXSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,AK PAXSON,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- HIT BRUSH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3229M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Paxson
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.