- Date
- February 27, 1978
- Place
- Merrill Pass, AK · MERRILL PASS, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4508LEvangel 4500
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780227019499A
- Case key
- 143456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2116 78/2/27 MERRILL PASS,AK EVANGEL 4500 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1325 N4508L PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 35, 5500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1203 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DILLINGHAM,AK ANCHORAGE,AK STONY RIVER,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WX CONDITION IN PASS RPRTD BY PIREP.RECOVERY DATE 2/28/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4508L
- Reported as
- Evangel 4500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N4508L · 1
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