- Date
- August 9, 1975
- Place
- Logansport, IN · LOGANSPORT, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5491EAlon A2
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750809029789A
- Case key
- 150559
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3101 75/8/9 LOGANSPORT,IN ALON A2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 300 TIME - 1200 N5491E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAMSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOGANSPORT,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND HAZE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 85 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DRG T/D ENCTRD WIND GUST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5491E
- Reported as
- Alon A2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Williamson
N5491ERegistration cancelled Sep 24, 2012 · Alon A2Airframe modelAlon A2Engine modelContinental C90 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 N5491E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW85FRD01Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportBunkie, LAThe acft contacted the terrain and was destroyed by fire following a loss of elevator and aileron control. The plt reported he maintained control of the acft by use of the rudder, pwr and elevator trim. Post accident inspection revealed the left aileron…NTSB CHI69D0635Accident · No injuriesClosedOrland Park, IL