- Date
- December 10, 1971
- Place
- Nunapitchuk, AK · NUNAPITCHUK, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3602RPilatus PC-6H2
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164764
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4525 71/12/10 NUNAPITCHUK,ALAS PILATUS PC-6H2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2500 TIME - 1140 N3602R PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KWETHLUK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETHEL,ALAS NUNAPITCHUK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM FROZEN LAKE COVERED WITH DEEP SNOW. HIT RIVER BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3602R
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC-6H2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kwethluk
N3602RRegistration cancelled Jan 5, 2011 · Fairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/B1-H2Airframe modelFairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/B1-H2
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