- Date
- July 15, 1974
- Place
- Sitka, AK · SITKA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4794CDehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740715033189A
- Case key
- 132629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3342 74/7/15 NR.SITKA,ALAS DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1905 N4794C PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 34, 4260 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 104 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOL LAKE,ALAS SITKA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ABORTED DUE UN CLR TREES ON SHORE. FLOATS HIT LOGS. WIND CALM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4794C
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4794CRegistered now · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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.