- Date
- October 5, 1980
- Place
- Lester, WA · LESTER, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33MJChampion 8KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801005049989A
- Case key
- 129011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3017 80/10/5 LESTER,WA CHAMPION 8KCAB CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, UNK/NR TIME - 1630 N33MJ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LESTER STATE EMER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUYALLUP,WA LESTER,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 88 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- MTN PASS STRIP. GUSTING TO 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33MJ
- Reported as
- Champion 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lester State Emer
N33MJRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 2014 · Champion 8KCABAirframe modelChampion 8KCABEngine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N33MJ · 1
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