- Date
- July 8, 1977
- Place
- Homer, AK · HOMER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9449DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770708021409A
- Case key
- 146643
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1646 77/7/8 NR.HOMER,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 158 TIME - 2040 N9449D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ENGLISH BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELMENDORF AFB,AK ENGLISH BAY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- THOUGHT STRIP WAS CLOSER,BEGAN DESCENT EARLY,DIVERTED ATTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9449D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- English Bay
N9449DRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.