- Date
- September 14, 1969
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N480CStinson 108-2
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159729
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2823 69/9/14 KENAI,ALAS STINSON 108-2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 400 TIME - 1800 N480C PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STONY RIVER,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLT OF 2.NR 1 ACFT ENCTRD SVR DWNDFT TURNED BACK.N480C CONT,WAS OBSVD IN NOSE HI R TRN PRIOR CRASH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N480C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N480CRegistration cancelled Mar 18, 2013 · Universal Stinson 108-2Airframe modelUniversal Stinson 108-2Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 series
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Other investigations on N480C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.