- Date
- December 11, 1972
- Place
- Sagwon, AK · SAGWON, AK
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N53011Dehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168927
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3409 72/12/11 SAGWON,ALAS DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0835 N53011 PX- 0 2 0 BUSINESS 54, 19365 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 983 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PVT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEMICK,ALAS FIN CREEK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: COMPASS RECEIVERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53011
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pvt Strip
N53011Registration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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.