# NTSB ANC73FAG57: Pilatus PC6BH2, N2854T, Anchorage, AK, November 8, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 8, 1972
- Place: Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC73FAG57
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73FAG57

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2854T-2024-06-17), registration cancelled 2024-06-17, S/N 575, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS PC6BH2
- Registry model: [Pilatus PC-6/B-H2](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-6-b-h2) (registry code 7090210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (registry code 52043, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N2854T (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC72AA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC72AA010), Aug 16, 1971: Pilatus PC6-H2 (N2854T), Akiak, AK, substantial damage
- [NTSB ANC67A0041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC67A0041), Oct 28, 1966: Pilatus PC6BH2 (N2854T), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.