- Date
- July 3, 1978
- Place
- Pelican, AK · PELICAN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8690Dehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780703038899A
- Case key
- 140308
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3530 78/7/3 NR.PELICAN,AK DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1930 N8690 PX- 0 1 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 29, 5150 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 125 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELFIN COVE,AK HERBERT GRAVES IS,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.ENTERED NARROW CHANNEL AT 100FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8690
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8690Registration cancelled May 22, 1989 · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8690 · 1
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