- Date
- October 1, 1974
- Place
- Lupine, AK · LUPINE, AK
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N357VVolpar 18
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741001041299A
- Case key
- 143026
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3749 74/10/1 LUPINE,ALAS VOLPAR 18 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2140 N357V PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 38, 11197 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 191 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUPINE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,ALAS LUPINE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 10 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- WEA WAS GIVEN VIA RADIO BY OIL COMPANY RADIO OPR.VFR OPN ONLY STRIP.OVR MAX TKOF & LDG WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N357V
- Reported as
- Volpar 18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lupine Strip
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.