- Date
- January 27, 1977
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3154XCessna 207
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770127041639A
- Case key
- 152434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4213 77/1/27 NR.BETTLES,AK CESSNA 207 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 4313 TIME - 1030 N3154X PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 426 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BETTLES,AK RETURN ANAKTUVAK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3154X
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3154XRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2009 · Cessna 207Airframe modelCessna 207Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.