- Date
- June 12, 1968
- Place
- Port Heiden, AK · PORT HEIDEN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2139FCessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109459
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2388 68/6/12 PORT HEIDEN,ALAS CESSNA U206 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N2139F PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 49, 12450 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT HEIDEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RT CROSS WIND 90 DEG 25 KNOTS GUSTING TO 45 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2139F
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Port Heiden
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