# NTSB ANC69A0045: Dehaviland DHC-6, N4901, Minchumina, AK, March 13, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 13, 1969
- Place: Minchumina, AK · MINCHUMINA, AK
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 1, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191303
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC69A0045
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC69A0045

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4901-1980-05-22), registration cancelled 1980-05-22, S/N 3 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILAND DHC-6
- Registry model: [Dehavilland DHC-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6) (registry code 2802603) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Minchumina

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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