- Date
- January 5, 1980
- Place
- Palmyra Island, HI · PALMYRA ISLAND,
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N163RLockheed 18
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800105000749A
- Case key
- 131822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0344 80/1/5 PALMYRA ISLAND LOCKHEED 18 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0700 N163R PX- 0 1 6 BUSINESS 55, 22710 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 187 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALMYRA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HI PALMYRA ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 85 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT ESTD CROSS WIND GUSTING TO 15KTS ON FINAL APCH,BUT CALM BLO TREE LVL ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N163R
- Reported as
- Lockheed 18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palmyra
N163RRegistration cancelled Apr 11, 2013 · Lockheed 18Airframe modelLockheed 18Engine modelWright C9HD series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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