- Date
- June 27, 1979
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59314Douglas DC3C
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790627037279A
- Case key
- 135576
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3189 79/6/27 BETTLES,AK DOUGLAS DC3C CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1108 N59314 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 49, 12408 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 658 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BETTLES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,AK BETTLES,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59314
- Reported as
- Douglas DC3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bettles
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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 N59314 · 1
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