- Date
- January 27, 1972
- Place
- Fort Yukon, AK · FORT YUKON, AK
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4847Beech Volpar
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165487
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2043 72/1/27 NR.FORT YUKON,ALAS BEECH VOLPAR CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1505 N4847 PX- 0 0 5 AIR TAXI-PASSG 28, 5947 TOTAL HOURS, 104 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FIN CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEADHORSE,ALAS FORT YUKON,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 18 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- UNIMPROVED ICE STRIP WITH SNOW DRIFTS. GUSTING TO 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4847
- Reported as
- Beech Volpar
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fin Creek