- Date
- February 2, 1980
- Place
- Bethel, AK · BETHEL, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9054JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800202006069A
- Case key
- 131640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2335 80/2/2 BETHEL,AK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 840 TIME - 1630 N9054J PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DILLINGHAM,AK BETHEL,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION TERRAIN - ICY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 19 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LNDD ON FRZN RVR.WND GSTG 28KTS.ENCTRD WHITE-OUT CONDS DRG END OF ROLL OUT.
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.