ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328424
Date: | Saturday 5 January 1980 |
Time: | 07:00 |
Type: | Lockheed 18 Learstar I |
Owner/operator: | F. Sorensen |
Registration: | N163R |
MSN: | 18-2492A |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Wright R-1820 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Palmyra Island, Line Islands -
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Honolulu International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL) |
Destination airport: | Palmyra Island Atoll-Cooper Airport (PLPA) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Lodestar N163R was carrying seven Amateur Radio operators to the Palmyra Island atoll in the Pacific. While approaching the airstrip the pilot estimated a cross wind gusting to 15 knots. However, below tree level the wind was calm. The Lodestar swerved off the runway and collided with trees.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper compensation for wind conditions
FACTOR:
weather - wind shear
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX80DJA08 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB File 3-0344
Location
Images:
photo (c) Eric Holck; Palmyra Island, Line Islands; 09 October 2018
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