- Date
- November 12, 1968
- Place
- Anaktuvuk Ps, AK · ANAKTUVUK PS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N2256TCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192085
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4553 68/11/12 NR.ANAKTUVUK PS,ALAS CESSNA 185 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - UNK/NR N2256T PX- 0 0 0 CTR PASSG-D AGE 26, 1200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 ALL IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 6 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-12/11/68.PLT INEXPERIENCED IN FLYING OVER ARCTIC SLOPE DURING WINTER CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2256T
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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