- Date
- October 14, 1979
- Place
- Girdwood, AK · GIRDWOOD, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2544BConvair L-13
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791014029749A
- Case key
- 133265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3612 79/10/14 GIRDWOOD,AK CONVAIR L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, UNK/NR TIME - 1800 N2544B PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 47 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GIRDWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GIRDWOOD,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2544B
- Reported as
- Convair L-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Girdwood
N2544BRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2018 · Consolidated Vultee/Hops L-13AAirframe modelConsolidated Vultee/Hops L-13AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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.
Other investigations on N2544B · 2
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