- Date
- March 18, 1978
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2656MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780318004499A
- Case key
- 142813
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0764 78/3/18 ANCHORAGE,AK PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 300 TIME - 1820 N2656M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - 6 MILE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- REDUCED DEPTH PERCEPTION CUES DUE TO LIGHTING CONDITIONS-DUSK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2656M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- 6 Mile Strip
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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.