- Date
- January 17, 1967
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK · MCGRATH, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5Douglas DC-3C
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0043 67/1/17 MCGRATH,ALAS DOUGLAS DC-3C CR- 0 0 3 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 4933 TIME - 0925 N5 PX- 0 2 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PAX WERE TWICE ADVISED TO KEEP SEAT BELTS FASTENED DUE TO EXPECTED TURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage