- Date
- May 5, 1975
- Place
- Cordova, AK · CORDOVA, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7105NBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201280
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1899 75/5/5 NR.CORDOVA,AK BEECH D55 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 8890 TIME - 1145 N7105N PX- 2 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 910 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GULKANA,AK YAKATAT,AK YAKATAGA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- LOCATED ON FACE OF NR VERTICAL CLIFF SAME DATE. AVALANCHE CAUSED FURTHER DMG TO ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7105N
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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