- Date
- August 17, 1981
- Place
- Glennallen, AK · GLENNALLEN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13KWPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810817053259A
- Case key
- 124533
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1838 81/8/17 NR.GLENNALLEN,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5483 TIME - 1350 N13KW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1306 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOUNTAIN STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHISTOCHINA,AK GLENNALLEN,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 24 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT RPRTD ENCTRG DWNDFT DRG LNDG ON GRAVEL STRIP.D/A APRX 6000FT.CO FLT PLN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13KW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mountain Strip
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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.