- Date
- January 28, 1979
- Place
- Anaktuvuk Pass, AK · ANAKTUVUK PASS, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N851TBDehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790128013029A
- Case key
- 137215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2111 79/1/28 NR.ANAKTUVUK PASS,AK DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 14650 TIME - 1500 N851TB PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 5000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BARROW,AK ANAKTUVUK PASS,AK UMIAT,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) COPILOT - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAIN PEAK.CLIMBING OUT OF WHITEOUT CONDS.CREW FLEW 12 OUT OF LAST 24HRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N851TB
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N851TBRegistration cancelled Nov 17, 1989 · Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTERAirframe modelDehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N851TB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.