# Accident 19791203035219A: Dhav DHC6/, Nome, AK, December 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1979, 08:40 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 64.5057° N, 165.4153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nome, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5057&lon=-165.4153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8061V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6/
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,453 total, 731 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791203035219A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRPLANE DEPARTED IN DARKNESS ON A SPECIAL VFR INTO IFR CONDITIONS. STRUCK SIDE OF MOUNTAIN DURING CLIMB.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC80FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA018), Dec 3, 1979: Dehavnd Can DHC-6 (N8061V), Nome, AK, destroyed, 4 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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