- Date
- March 21, 1977
- Place
- Oregon City, OR · OREGON CITY, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N219HHarmon Stits
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770321008359A
- Case key
- 157972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0958 77/3/21 OREGON CITY,OR HARMON STITS CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 52, 3500 TIME - 1600 N219H PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OREGON CITY AIRPK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MULINO,OR OREGON CITY,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 265 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT RPTS ACFT ENCOUNTERED GUST,SETTLED,STRUCK FENCE SHORT OF RWY.PLTS 1ST FLT THIS ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N219H
- Reported as
- Harmon Stits
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oregon City Airpk
N219HRegistered now · Harmon-Stits PLAYBOY SA3AAirframe modelHarmon-Stits PLAYBOY SA3AEngine modelContinental A&C75 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.