- Date
- May 26, 1975
- Place
- Kolignek, AK · KOLIGNEK, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N46103Cessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750526016929A
- Case key
- 148974
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1258 75/5/26 KOLIGNEK,AK CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 3400 TIME - 1400 N46103 PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW KOLIGNEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DILLINGHAM,AK KOLIGNEK,AK EKWAK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 32 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 49K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46103
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Kolignek
N46103Registration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Cessna 150AAirframe modelCessna 150AEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N46103 · 1
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