- Date
- September 6, 1969
- Place
- Sagwon, AK · SAGWON, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2711NDehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158989
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2720 69/9/6 SAGWON,ALAS DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 2136 TIME - 0135 N2711N PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 236 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAGWON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,ALAS SAGWON,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CLD BASE IN ACDNT AREA RAGD 175FT.ACFT STRUCK GND IN APRX 30DEG BANK,NEAR LVL PITCH ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2711N
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sagwon
N2711NRegistration cancelled Jul 13, 1970 · Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTERAirframe modelDehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
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