- Date
- July 22, 1968
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK · MCGRATH, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7974ACon.Aernaut PB4Y2
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4088 68/7/22 MCGRATH,ALAS CON.AERNAUT PB4Y2 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1757 N7974A PX- 2 0 0 FIRE CONTROL AGE 25, 1334 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 245 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK MOUNTAIN SLOPE. ENROUTE TO FOREST FIRE. PAX DID NOT HAVE SEAT BELTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7974A
- Reported as
- Con.Aernaut PB4Y2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed