- Date
- January 20, 1978
- Place
- Toksook Bay, AK · TOKSOOK BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N869JABrittnorman BN-2A
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780120004759A
- Case key
- 147512
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0351 78/1/20 NR.TOKSOOK BAY,AK BRITTNORMAN BN-2A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0920 N869JA PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 30, 1783 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 179 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETHEL,AK TANUNAK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ACFT IN AREA DURING SAME TIME PERIOD REPORTED POOR VIS DUE TO SNOW SQUALLS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N869JA
- Reported as
- Brittnorman BN-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N869JA · 1
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