- Date
- June 10, 1976
- Place
- Yakutat, AK · YAKUTAT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8690Dehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760610015049A
- Case key
- 154618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2629 76/6/10 NR.YAKUTAT,AK DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 2155 TIME - 1730 N8690 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST RIVER YAKUTAT,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- TKOF FRM GRAVEL ROAD. HIT LOG PILE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8690
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8690Registration cancelled May 22, 1989 · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8690 · 1
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