- Date
- December 18, 1968
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 4 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5730UBeech G18S
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191988
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4757 68/12/18 KENAI,ALAS BEECH G18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1402 N5730U PX- 0 4 3 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 30, 2525 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 470 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENAI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND ICE FOG HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 16 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HEAVY ACFT ICING,ICE FOG ENCOUNTERED DURING CIRCLING APCH.STALLED DURING ATTEMPT TO ALIGN WITH RNY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5730U
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kenai
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