- Date
- May 18, 1970
- Place
- Barter Is, AK · BARTER IS, AK
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7978Short Bros SC7-3
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126798
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1038 70/5/18 BARTER IS,ALAS SHORT BROS SC7-3 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1220 N7978 PX- 0 0 6 AIR TAXI-PASSG 32, 7160 TOTAL HOURS, 71 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONSTRUCTION CAMP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,ALAS HAPPY VALLEY,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- R GR SUB DMG.995 LBS OVER GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7978
- Reported as
- Short Bros SC7-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Construction Camp
N7978Registration cancelled Aug 22, 1978 · Short Bros. & Harland SC-7Airframe modelShort Bros. & Harland SC-7
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.