- Date
- October 20, 1972
- Place
- Nome, AK · NOME, AK
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N264CPAero Comdr 680FL
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169774
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4136 72/10/20 NOME,ALAS AERO COMDR 680FL CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1712 N264CP PX- 0 0 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 38, 11000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NOME STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNALAKLEET,ALAS NOME,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 34 40 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 11 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- R ENG LOST PWR ON FINAL TURN. PLT CONT APCH,DIDNT FEATH PROP,HAD FULL FLAPS.ACFT YAWED TO R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N264CP
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680FL
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nome State
N264CPRegistration cancelled May 22, 1981 · Aero Commander 680FLAirframe modelAero Commander 680FLEngine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.