- Date
- August 12, 1969
- Place
- Chevak, AK · CHEVAK, AK
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2853TPilatus PC-6H2
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173572
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0033 69/8/12 CHEVAK,ALAS PILATUS PC-6H2 CR- 0 0 1 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 25953 TIME - 0945 N2853T PX- 0 0 8 TOTAL HOURS, 4047 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHEVAK OPERATOR - WIEN CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETHEL,ALAS CHEVAK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- R GR CAUGHT IN RUT ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2853T
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC-6H2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chevak
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