- Date
- September 12, 1963
- Place
- Egegik, AK · EGEGIK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5398DCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110139
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0055 63/9/12 NR.EGEGIK,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG DOM COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 9370 TIME - 1010 N5398D PX- 0 0 1 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - WESTERN ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: FLOAT ASSEMBLIES PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- T/O OFF FROM MARGINAL LAKE,HEAVY LOAD.LEFT FLOAT CONTAINED WATER.ACFT STRUCK LAKE BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5398D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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