- Date
- January 3, 1979
- Place
- Newtok, AK · NEWTOK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9054JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790103000209A
- Case key
- 137777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0123 79/1/3 NR.NEWTOK,AK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2300 N9054J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 38, 754 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 83 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEWTOK,AK BETHEL,AK TOKSOOK BAY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3800 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 VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9054J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.