- Date
- November 11, 1978
- Place
- Akutan Bay, AK · AKUTAN BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N95467Grumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781111041029A
- Case key
- 138514
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4070 78/11/11 AKUTAN BAY,AK GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 10730 TIME - 1345 N95467 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 4850 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AKUTAN BAY,AK DUTCH HARBOR,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- GUSTS TO 30 KNTS. A/C COLLIDED WITH SHIPS BUOY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95467
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N95467Registered now · Grumman G-21AAirframe modelGrumman G-21AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N95467 · 2
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