- Date
- August 28, 1976
- Place
- Wasilla, AK · WASILLA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7523HPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760828034959A
- Case key
- 155609
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3449 76/8/28 WASILLA,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 152 TIME - 1620 N7523H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 127 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILOS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASILLA,AK LOCAL 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 FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- 20 FT EMBANKMENT AT RWY THRESHOLD. WIND VELOCITY N/R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7523H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Philos
N7523HRegistration cancelled Dec 3, 2022 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N7523H · 1
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