Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 5 January 1980
Aircraft Type: Lockheed 18 Learstar I
Owner/operator: F. Sorensen
Registration Number: N163R
Location: Palmyra Island, Line Islands –
ÿ U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: Lodestar N163R aircraftLodestar N163R aircraft
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
A Lodestar N163R aircraft, carrying seven Amateur Radio operators, was approaching the Palmyra Island airstrip. Due to a strong crosswind gusting to 15 knots, the pilot estimated a calm wind below tree level. The aircraft swerved off the runway and collided with trees. This resulted in a collision.A Lodestar N163R aircraft, carrying seven Amateur Radio operators, was approaching the Palmyra Island airstrip. Due to a strong crosswind gusting to 15 knots, the pilot estimated a calm wind below tree level. The aircraft swerved off the runway and collided with trees. This resulted in a collision.
Description
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. PROBABLEÿCAUSE: pilotÿinÿcommandÿ-ÿimproperÿcompensationÿforÿwindÿconditions FACTOR: weatherÿ-ÿwindÿshear
Primary Cause
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