- Date
- January 14, 1963
- Place
- Barter Isld, AK · BARTER ISLD, AK
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65458Beech AT-11
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188630
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0014 63/1/14 BARTER ISLD,ALAS BEECH AT-11 CR- 1 0 0 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG DOM COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2328 N65458 PX- 4 1 0 AGE 53, 16135 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 4872 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARTER ISLAND OPERATOR - WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT DESCENDED BELOW OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN DURING NITE VFR APPCH.WX BRIEF RECD FROM DEST RADAR OPER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65458
- Reported as
- Beech AT-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Barter Island
N65458Registration cancelled Aug 14, 2013 · Beech AT-11Airframe modelBeech AT-11Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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