- Date
- August 8, 1966
- Place
- Eagle River, AK · EAGLE RIVER, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12012Maule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122406
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0660 66/8/8 EAGLE RIVER ALAS MAULE M-4 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0845 N12012 PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 43, 3550 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PLT FLEW INTO BOX CANYON DURING SUPPLY DROP-INSUFFICIENT ROOM TO TURN AROUND-ACFT HIT NOSE HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12012
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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