- Date
- August 13, 1974
- Place
- Anaktuvuk, AK · ANAKTUVUK, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7620Dehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740813035569A
- Case key
- 138853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3159 74/8/13 NR.ANAKTUVUK,ALAS DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1835 N7620 PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 28, 1862 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 235 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHANDALAR CAMP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DIETRICH,ALAS HAPPY VALLEY,ALAS CHANDALAR,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- TRIED TO FLY THRU OBSCURED MTN PASS.UN CONT,TURNED AROUND & HIT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7620
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chandalar Camp
N7620Registration cancelled Nov 13, 1986 · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7620 · 1
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