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Aviation accident ANC98LA025
NONE · Piper PA-32-300 · 1998-02-24 · KONGIGANAK, AK, USA
Event
- NTSB number
ANC98LA025- Event ID
20001211X09507- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 1998-02-24
- Location
- KONGIGANAK, AK, USA
- Coordinates
- 60.809661, -161.85057
Injuries
- Highest injury
- NONE
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 4
- Total aboard
- 4
Aircraft
- Make
- Piper
- Model
- PA-32-300
- Registration
- N81844
- FAR Part
- 135
- Engines
- 1
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
The pilot misjudged distance/altitude and airspeed, and his delay initiating a go-around. Related factors were the downdraft and snowbank.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown