- Date
- August 12, 1977
- Place
- Coffman Cove, AK · COFFMAN COVE, AK
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N127WADehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145450
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3257 77/8/12 COFFMAN COVE,AK DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2110 TIME - 1330 N127WA PX- 0 0 7 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COFFMAN COVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COFFMAN COVE,AK KETCHIKAN,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.HIT LOG RAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N127WA
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coffman Cove