- Date
- March 13, 1969
- Place
- Minchumina, AK · MINCHUMINA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4901Dehaviland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0009 69/3/13 MINCHUMINA,ALAS DEHAVILAND DHC-6 CR- 0 0 1 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1552 N4901 PX- 1 0 3 38, 10104 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 796 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINCHUMINA OPERATOR - WIEN CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FAIRBANKS,ALAS BETHEL,ALAS MINCHUMINA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT REMARKS- PX INJURED WHEN SEAT BELT BECAME UNDONE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4901
- Reported as
- Dehaviland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Minchumina
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.