- Date
- January 1, 1970
- Place
- Nulato, AK · NULATO, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3472YCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0171 70/1/1 NULATO,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0030 N3472Y PX- 1 1 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 26, 3728 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NULATO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NULATO,ALAS TANANA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 23 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- EMERG FLT TO AIRLIFT SICK PATIENT. PLT BELIEVED TO HAVE STAYED LOW TO MAINTAIN CONTACT AT NITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3472Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nulato
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