- Date
- April 13, 1970
- Place
- Prudhoe Bay, AK · PRUDHOE BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7620Dehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0806 70/4/13 PRUDHOE BAY,ALAS DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0840 N7620 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 32, 3733 TOTAL HOURS, 281 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRUDHOE BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLAXMAN ISLAND,ALAS PRUDHOE BAY,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TORQUEMETER: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUCTUATING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- PAST TROUBLE WITH TORQUE UNIT SURGE.R SKI DAMAGED ON DEP.CONT TO DEST,GR FAILED AT T/D.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7620
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Prudhoe Bay
N7620Registration cancelled Nov 13, 1986 · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3
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Other investigations on N7620 · 1
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