- Date
- July 24, 1969
- Place
- Sparrevohn, AK · SPARREVOHN, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3007TCessna 320
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164249
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2470 69/7/24 SPARREVOHN,ALAS CESSNA 320 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1308 N3007T PX- 2 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 25, 3820 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 65 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPARREVOHN AFS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCGRATH,ALAS SPARREVOHN,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 46 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3007T
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sparrevohn Afs
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