- Date
- November 10, 1969
- Place
- Barrow, AK · BARROW, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4478Dehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3154 69/11/10 BARROW,ALAS DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1635 N4478 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 49, 4064 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 468 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PT.MCINTYRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAGWON,ALAS BARROW,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: APPROACH LIGHTING REMARKS- PLT BLINDED BY FLASHING STROBE LT. SHORT RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4478
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pt.Mcintyre
N4478Registration cancelled Sep 13, 2005 · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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Other investigations on N4478 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC02FA106Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportAleknagik, AKThe pilot's failure to use a checklist to ensure the airplane was in the proper landing configuration, which precipitated an inadvertent water landing on amphibious floats with the wheels extended. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure…NTSB ANC92LA077Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAlexander Creek, AKThe pilot's inadvertent deactivation of the engine's fuel supply by switching off the fuel shut off. Factor related to the accident was the soft mud in the forced landing area.