- Date
- January 11, 1965
- Place
- Pile Bay, AK · PILE BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4799CDehavilland DHC2
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180487
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0041 65/1/11 NR.PILE BAY ALAS DEHAVILLAND DHC2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 31, 253 TIME - 1409 N4799C PX- 1 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-01/12/65.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4799C
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4799CRegistration cancelled Mar 8, 1965 · Dehavilland DHC-2-L20AAirframe modelDehavilland DHC-2-L20A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.