- Date
- July 7, 1962
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK · KOTZEBUE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8044HBeech C18S
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122483
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0025 62/7/7 KOTZEBUE,ALAS BEECH C18S CR- 0 0 2 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0925 N8044H PX- 0 0 0 35, 8341 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1512 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEIN MEMORIAL OPERATOR - WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOTZEBUE,ALAS LIZ A,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE REMARKS- GR SWITCH INADVERTENTLY PLACED IN UP POSITION BY UNDET PERSON PRIOR TO PRE-FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8044H
- Reported as
- Beech C18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wein Memorial
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