- Date
- April 2, 1979
- Place
- St Mary'S, AK · ST MARY'S, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N37MNBrittnorman BN-2A
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137052
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0973 79/4/2 NR.ST MARY'S,AK BRITTNORMAN BN-2A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2230 N37MN PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 24, 3645 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.MARY'S DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOME,AK ST.MARY'S,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 140 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- 0 TO 1 DEGREE TEMP/DEW POINT SPREAD FORECASTED ALONG ROUTE OF FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37MN
- Reported as
- Brittnorman BN-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St.Mary'S