- Date
- August 9, 1966
- Place
- Northway, AK · NORTHWAY, AK
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9413SBeech V35
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122501
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0872 66/8/9 NR.NORTHWAY ALAS BEECH V35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 475 TIME - 1050 N9413S PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F SMOKE 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8/10/66.L.AND R.RUDDERVATORS AND L.WING SEPARATED IN FLIGHT DUE TO OVERLOADS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9413S
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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