- Date
- April 5, 1977
- Place
- Maui, HI · MAUI, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N555JABrittnorman BN-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770405008479A
- Case key
- 157557
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0677 77/4/5 MAUI,HI BRITTNORMAN BN-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1435 TIME - 1015 N555JA PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KAANAPALI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HI MAUI,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 30KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N555JA
- Reported as
- Brittnorman BN-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kaanapali
N555JARegistration cancelled Nov 3, 2009 · Britten-Norman BN-2 ISLANDERAirframe modelBritten-Norman BN-2 ISLANDEREngine modelLycoming 0-540 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.