- Date
- March 16, 1974
- Place
- New Stuyahok, AK · NEW STUYAHOK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70418Cessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0006 74/3/16 NEW STUYAHOK,ALAS CESSNA A185F CR- 0 0 1 NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG DOM COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1545 N70418 PX- 0 0 1 AGE 26, 1834 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 118 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW STUYAHOK OPERATOR - KODIAK AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DILLINGHAM,ALAS NEW STUYAHOK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 30 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- LOST REFERENCE AFTER PASSING THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70418
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Stuyahok
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