60.7922° N, 161.7558° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 7, 1981 · 17:30 local
Place
Bethel, AK
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6312U
Reported as
Cessna TU206G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft was hand propped with no one at the controls. Brakes did not hold and aircraft collided with parked plane.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT WAS HAND PROPPED WITH NO ONE AT THE CONTROLS. BRAKES DID NOT HOLD AND AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH PARKED PLANE.