- Date
- December 31, 1977
- Place
- Toksook Bay, AK · TOKSOOK BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N64ACShort Bros SC-7
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143981
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4148 77/12/31 TOKSOOK BAY,AK SHORT BROS SC-7 CR- 0 1 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0940 N64AC PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 31, 3800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1605 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOKSOOK BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETHEL,AK TOKSOOK BAY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 31 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- WX REPORTS NOT AVBL FOR TOKSOOK BAY.WIND GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64AC
- Reported as
- Short Bros SC-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Toksook Bay
N64ACRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 1978 · Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3Airframe modelShort Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3
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