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N77EC accident description

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Crash location 61.428889°N, 150.791389°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect.
Nearest city Beluga, AK
61.141111°N, 151.082778°W
22.1 miles away
Tail number N77EC
Accident date 20 Jun 2012
Aircraft type Piper J3F-65
Additional details: None

NTSB Factual Report

The pilot stated that he had been landing his tailwheel-equipped airplane at an off-airport site. On his third landing attempt, he elected to go around, but the airplane landed hard. During the landing, the left main landing gear broke, and the left wing contacted terrain, sustaining substantial damage to the wing spar.

In his written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the pilot stated that the airplane may not have been developing full power, but in a telephone conversation with the NTSB investigator-in-charge he said, "the engine was running good when the prop hit."

NTSB Probable Cause

The pilot's delayed decision to go around, which resulted in a hard landing.

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