- Date
- May 17, 1968
- Place
- Venetie, AK · VENETIE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2851TPilatus PC6-H2
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111614
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0010 68/5/17 VENETIE,ALAS PILATUS PC6-H2 CR- 0 0 1 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 8972 TIME - 0715 N2851T PX- 0 0 0 TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VENETIE OPERATOR - WIEN CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- QUARTERING TAILWIND 10K GUSTING TO 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2851T
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC6-H2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Venetie
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