- Date
- August 18, 1965
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2684YCessna 180F
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4018 65/8/18 NR.BETTLES ALAS CESSNA 180F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 4000 TIME - 1515 N2684Y PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT OFF MOUNTAIN AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM LAKE.CRASH SITE 20 FEET ABOVE LAKE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2684Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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