- Date
- July 16, 1979
- Place
- Barrow, AK · BARROW, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N756YNCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790716014669A
- Case key
- 134027
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2306 79/7/16 NR.BARROW,AK CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1500 TIME - 0930 N756YN PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BARROW,AK OKPIKSOU RIVER,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- LANDED ON WRONG GRAVEL BAR ABOUT 10 MI SHORT OF DESTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756YN
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N756YN · 1
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