- Date
- May 16, 1980
- Place
- Dillingham, AK · DILLINGHAM, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N82962Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800516016749A
- Case key
- 130595
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2332 80/5/16 NR.DILLINGHAM,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 175 TIME - 1215 N82962 PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED DILLINGHAM,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LNDD ON BEACH,HIT CLIFF DRG GO-AROUND.FISH SPOTTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82962
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N82962Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N82962 · 1
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