- Date
- June 2, 1979
- Place
- English Bay, AK · ENGLISH BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60420Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135498
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2340 79/6/2 ENGLISH BAY,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 173 TIME - 0820 N60420 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ENGLISH BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK ENGLISH BAY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- HIT LOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60420
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- English Bay