- Date
- December 22, 1971
- Place
- Wainwright, AK · WAINWRIGHT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3978GCessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2786 71/12/22 WAINWRIGHT,ALAS CESSNA U206 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N3978G PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 49, 8500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 82 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAINWRIGHT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAINWRIGHT,ALAS BARROW,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ REMARKS- TKOF,LOW L TURN TOWARD AREA DEVOID OF NGT VIS REF.FIRST GND CTC MARK ABT 12FT APRX 1/2M1 S OF ARPT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3978G
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wainwright
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