- Date
- July 27, 1975
- Place
- Girdwood, AK · GIRDWOOD, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1101BLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750727023539A
- Case key
- 150255
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2292 75/7/27 GIRDWOOD,AK LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N1101B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALYESKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHAORAGE,AK GIRDWOOD,AK 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,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1101B
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alyeska
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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.