- Date
- August 14, 1975
- Place
- Arctic Village, AK · ARCTIC VILLAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N713FYCessna 180H
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750814031469A
- Case key
- 150588
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2754 75/8/14 NR.ARCTIC VILLAGE,AK CESSNA 180H CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0930 N713FY PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 28, 4800 TOTAL HOURS, 185 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT YUKON,AK SCHRADER LAKE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 6500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS SMOKE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- SMOKE & HAZE ENCOUNTERED. FLOAT EQUIPPED. RECOVERY DATE 8/15/75.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N713FY
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.