- Date
- October 6, 1972
- Place
- Deadhorse, AK · DEADHORSE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9039FHughes 369B
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169054
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3001 72/10/6 NR.DEADHORSE,ALAS HUGHES 369B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2109 TIME - 0830 N9039F PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 443 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAPPY VALLEY,ALAS DEADHORSE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 10 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- FLEW INTO GRND IN POOR VIS AND WHITEOUT COND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9039F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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