- Date
- May 22, 1976
- Place
- Kodiak, AK · KODIAK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8311Beech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760522013069A
- Case key
- 154157
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1006 76/5/22 KODIAK,AK BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3300 TIME - 1430 N8311 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KODIAK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KODIAK,AK ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- R ENG FAILED,UN FEATHER PROP. ACFT SANK,NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8311
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kodiak
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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.