- Date
- November 8, 1972
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2854TPilatus PC6BH2
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169005
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3052 72/11/8 ANCHORAGE,ALAS PILATUS PC6BH2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 4024 TIME - 1600 N2854T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1800 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-FIRE FROM UNDETERMINED SOURCE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: PROTECTIVE DEVICES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT BURNED AFTER IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2854T
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC6BH2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2854TRegistration cancelled Jun 17, 2024 · Pilatus PC-6/B-H2Airframe modelPilatus PC-6/B-H2Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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Other investigations on N2854T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.