- Date
- July 10, 1979
- Place
- Omilik, AK · OMILIK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N926TBeech H18
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790710015499A
- Case key
- 135587
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1028 79/7/10 OMILIK,AK BEECH H18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1635 N926T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 40, 12089 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1923 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OMILIK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOTZEBUE,AK OMILIK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR REMARKS- 2000FT GRAVEL STRIP WITH DOGLEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N926T
- Reported as
- Beech H18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Omilik
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.