- Date
- December 30, 1974
- Place
- Prnc O'Wales, AK · PRNC O'WALES, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4766Dehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741230044179A
- Case key
- 144874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4285 74/12/30 PRNC O'WALES,ALAS DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2000 TIME - 1005 N4766 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 710 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KETCHIKAN,ALAS RETURN NAVKITY BAY,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.L WG CAUGHT SANDBAR IN RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4766
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4766Registration cancelled May 9, 1975 · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.