- Date
- May 29, 1965
- Place
- Nikolski, AK · NIKOLSKI, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N91016Douglas DC-3C
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177998
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0017 65/5/29 NIKOLSKI ALAS DOUGLAS DC-3C CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0925 N91016 PX- 0 0 2 36, 8044 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4994 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NIKOLSKI USAF OPERATOR - REEVE ALEUTIAN AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 40 120 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 28 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SUDDEN WIND GUST CAUSED PREMATURE LIFT OFF AND STALL PILOT ESTIMATED GUST AT LEAST 28 KTS X WIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91016
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nikolski Usaf
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