- Date
- January 17, 1969
- Place
- Umiat, AK · UMIAT, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4031HBeech D50C
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191488
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0022 69/1/17 UMIAT,ALAS BEECH D50C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0900 N4031H PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 42, 11801 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 259 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOBIL KAPARUK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES ICE FOG 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT DID NOT REMOVE ALL OF FROST FROM WINGS. ACFT NEAR MAX GROSS WT. ICE STRIP,HARD PACKED SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4031H
- Reported as
- Beech D50C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mobil Kaparuk
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