- Date
- June 24, 1965
- Place
- Dry Bay, AK · DRY BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N709YAmerican 100B
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178099
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1569 65/6/24 DRY BAY ALAS AMERICAN 100B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 10500 TIME - 1020 N709Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 46 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 46 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH TREE STUMPS-OFF AIRPORT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N709Y
- Reported as
- American 100B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N709YRegistered now · American Airplane & Engine PILGRIM 100BAirframe modelAmerican Airplane & Engine PILGRIM 100BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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