- Date
- May 1, 1974
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK · KOTZEBUE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3603RPilatus PC-6
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740501018439A
- Case key
- 124312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1197 74/5/1 KOTZEBUE,ALAS PILATUS PC-6 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2100 N3603R PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 29, 2614 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 85 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALPH WIEN MEML DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION 85MI ESE KOTZEBUE KOTZEBUE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3603R
- Reported as
- Pilatus PC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ralph Wien Meml
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.