- Date
- June 23, 1976
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK · KOTZEBUE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N26641Dehavilland DHC-3
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760623041889A
- Case key
- 155101
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3889 76/6/23 NR.KOTZEBUE,AK DEHAVILLAND DHC-3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 4170 TIME - 1007 N26641 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 260 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOTZEBUE,AK KOTZEBUE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - LOOSE GRAVEL 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 LAND REMARKS- ACFT FLOWN ON REAR TANK FOR 2 HOURS. LANDED ON SMALL GRAVEL BAR IN RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26641
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N26641 · 1
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