- Date
- July 22, 1976
- Place
- Dutch Harbor, AK · DUTCH HARBOR, AK
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N600WAVolpar C18S
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760722038629A
- Case key
- 154769
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2186 76/7/22 NR.DUTCH HARBOR,AK VOLPAR C18S CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 15868 TIME - 0905 N600WA PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3605 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLD BAY,AK DUTCH HARBOR,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CRUISE CLEARANCE.AIRMET-CLGS BLO 1000FT,AREAS OF VSBY BLO 3MI IN DRIZZLE & FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N600WA
- Reported as
- Volpar C18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- 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.