- Date
- September 19, 1971
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4968FCessna U206B
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163506
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2304 71/9/19 ANCHORAGE,ALAS CESSNA U206B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1415 N4968F PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 37, 5033 TOTAL HOURS, 300 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANCHORAGE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,ALAS BELUGA,ALAS SOLDOTNA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- VERT FIN AND RUDDER SEPARATED IN FLT DUE CRACKS AT ATTACH POINTS. CRASHED IN COOK INLET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4968F
- Reported as
- Cessna U206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Anchorage Intl
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