- Date
- February 5, 1978
- Place
- Wrangell, AK · WRANGELL, AK
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N234MCessna 320D
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780205042279A
- Case key
- 142841
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4405 78/2/5 NR.WRANGELL,AK CESSNA 320D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, UNK/NR TIME - 1901 N234M PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YAKUTAT,AK KETCHIKAN,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: FLUXGATE COMPASS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLUXGATE & COUPLING TO AUTOPILOT INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N234M
- Reported as
- Cessna 320D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ketchikan
N234MRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2008 · Cessna 320DAirframe modelCessna 320DEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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Other investigations on N234M · 1
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