- Date
- August 30, 1973
- Place
- Skwentna, AK · SKWENTNA, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88768Dehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3001 73/8/30 NR.SKWENTNA,ALAS DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 250 TIME - 1800 N88768 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT RICHARDSON,ALAS SKWENTNA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT HIT A ROCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88768
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N88768Registration cancelled Nov 16, 1973 · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2
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