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ANC81FA043

1981-04-18 · SAND POINT, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N173RV has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (VAN'S AIRCRAFT RV-12IS, built 2025), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
NIHON YS-11A · N173RV
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Airport
SAND POINT

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
040° / 7 kt
Temp
46° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000002173
Total time
11,692 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
10,000
Age
42

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ION.MAIN GEAR STRUCK EMBANKMENT AT END OF RWY.

Investigator remarks

SEA GULL HIT WINDSHIELD ON SHORT FINAL RSTRG VIS

Cause factors

  • 84/C/0 C
    MISCELLANEOUS BIRD COLLISION Cause
  • 64/B/48 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
  • 88/K/45 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION Joint factor
  • 80/K/BY K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0001. Source file NTSB_1981_1_0001.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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