- Date
- May 16, 1973
- Place
- Deadhorse, AK · DEADHORSE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1214SSwearingen SA26T
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730516014569A
- Case key
- 201651
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3699 73/5/16 NR.DEADHORSE,ALAS SWEARINGEN SA26T CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1045 N1214S PX- 2 1 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 34, 8216 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1134 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,ALAS PRUDHOE BAY,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 25 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- BEGAN APCH BFO STA PASSAGE,DESCENT BLO CLNC LMT,EXCEEDED 10NM ARC OUTBD,IMPACT 28NM S OF AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1214S
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Prudhoe Bay
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1214S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.