- Date
- October 22, 1970
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N123PAShort Bros. SC7
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1777 70/10/22 NR.BETTLES,ALAS SHORT BROS. SC7 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1450 N123PA PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 36, 9495 TOTAL HOURS, 304 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROSPECT CREEK,ALAS DIETRICH,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R ENG QUIT,FEATH PROP. L ENG LOST PWR. SEDIMENT FOUND IN FUEL STORAGE TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123PA
- Reported as
- Short Bros. SC7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N123PARegistration cancelled Dec 14, 1970 · Short Bros & Harland SC-7 SER 3 VAR 100Airframe modelShort Bros & Harland SC-7 SER 3 VAR 100
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Other investigations on N123PA · 1
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