- Date
- September 8, 1973
- Place
- Farewell, AK · FAREWELL, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N63350Grumman G-44S
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730908030219A
- Case key
- 188575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2827 73/9/8 NR.FAREWELL,ALAS GRUMMAN G-44S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1030 N63350 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 42, 10883 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 769 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POST LAKE,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER REMARKS- COMPANY FLT PLAN.PORPOISED FOLLOWING ABORT.WND VRBL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63350
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N63350 · 1
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