- Date
- December 20, 1965
- Place
- Bethel, AK · BETHEL, AK
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1208Grumman G-73
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0081 65/12/20 BETHEL,ALAS GRUMMAN G-73 CR- 0 0 1 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1215 N1208 PX- 0 0 7 60, 25000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 215 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BETHEL OPERATOR - NORTHERN CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1208
- Reported as
- Grumman G-73
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bethel
N1208Registration cancelled Apr 29, 2010 · Grumman G-73Airframe modelGrumman G-73Engine modelPratt & Whitney W-S1H&S3H
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