- Date
- August 21, 1966
- Place
- Juneau, AK · JUNEAU, AK
- Injuries
- 9 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N88820Grumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122338
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0044 66/8/21 JUNEAU ALAS GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 1 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1035 N88820 PX- 8 0 0 35, 9230 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2492 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - ALASKA COASTAL-ELLIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A GLACIAL CREVASSE.HAZARDOUS LOCATION PRECLUDED ON SCENE INVESTIGATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88820
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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