- Date
- July 3, 1970
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK · MCGRATH, AK
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 14 serious, 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N154RDouglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1501 70/7/3 MCGRATH,ALAS DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 1 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1400 N154R PX- 4 13 8 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY 45, 11700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 390 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGRATH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCGRATH,ALAS GALENA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT ROTATED V2,REDUCED PWR,CO-PLT RAISED GR.ACFT OBSD ON RWY R GR RETRACTING,PROP HIT RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N154R
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mcgrath
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