- Date
- September 4, 1965
- Place
- Lk.Tustumena, AK · LK.TUSTUMENA, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6305UAero Comm 680
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176290
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0057 65/9/4 LK.TUSTUMENA,ALAS AERO COMM 680 CR- 1 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 5184 TIME - 0940 N6305U PX- 3 0 1 TOTAL HOURS, 403 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - CORDOVA AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS FOG CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- N6305U SANK IN LAKE NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6305U
- Reported as
- Aero Comm 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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