- Date
- July 19, 1979
- Place
- Quail Creek, AK · QUAIL CREEK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52175Cessna 180J
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790719015449A
- Case key
- 201198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2318 79/7/19 QUAIL CREEK,AK CESSNA 180J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2117 TIME - 2030 N52175 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 310 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUAIL CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NENANA,AK QUAIL CREEK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 65 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT STATED-UNEXPECTED XWND JUST BEFORE TCHDWN,ACFT MOVED LEFT,LEFT WING DIPPED & HIT BUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52175
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Quail Creek
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N52175 · 1
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