- Date
- April 27, 1976
- Place
- Anaktuvuk Pass, AK · ANAKTUVUK PASS, AK
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1707UCessna 207
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760427012579A
- Case key
- 154237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2850 76/4/27 NR.ANAKTUVUK PASS,AK CESSNA 207 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1744 TIME - 1115 N1707U PX- 4 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANAKTUVUK PASS,AK BETTLES,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SNOW BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PLT HAD JUST FLOWN THRU SAME WEA.OPERATING UNDER SUBCONTRACT AS WIEN AIR ALASKA FLT 528.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1707U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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