- Date
- November 15, 1981
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37686Fechtner KR-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811115073649A
- Case key
- 123501
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2846 81/11/15 ANCHORAGE,AK FECHTNER KR-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 104 TIME - 1505 N37686 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,AK RETURN PALMER,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- ENCTRD WAKE TURBC FM OTR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37686
- Reported as
- Fechtner KR-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill Field
N37686Registration cancelled Nov 26, 2014 · Fechtner Joseph M KR-2Airframe modelFechtner Joseph M KR-2
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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 N37686 · 1
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