- Date
- May 4, 1978
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7677JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780504015629A
- Case key
- 141906
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1399 78/5/4 ANCHORAGE,AK PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 304 TIME - 0300 N7677J PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 208 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- POLICE RPTD STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL ABOUT PLT WHEN IN WRECKAGE,REFUSED BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7677J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill Field
N7677JRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.