- Date
- January 16, 1977
- Place
- New Minto, AK · NEW MINTO, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N521BKDehavilland DHC-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770116002369A
- Case key
- 156931
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1651 77/1/16 NEW MINTO,AK DEHAVILLAND DHC-3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1155 N521BK PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 28, 4374 TOTAL HOURS, 404 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW MINTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW MINTO,AK FAIRBANKS,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: GENERATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ALL GEN BASE NUTS LOOSE,LEAKAGE FM GEN BASE.MASTER ROD FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N521BK
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Minto
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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