- Date
- June 8, 1976
- Place
- Palmer, AK · PALMER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5141GDehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760608020949A
- Case key
- 154552
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1541 76/6/8 NR.PALMER,AK DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1670 TIME - 1645 N5141G PX- 1 1 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALMER,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UN OUTCLIMB MTN RIDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5141G
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5141G · 1
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