- Date
- January 23, 1979
- Place
- Ketchican, AK · KETCHICAN, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N68086Dehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790123001429A
- Case key
- 137233
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1562 79/1/23 NR.KETCHICAN,AK DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 5919 TIME - 1030 N68086 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KETCHICAN,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) DUAL STUDENT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED. STEEP 180 TURN CLOSE TO WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68086
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N68086Registration cancelled Nov 26, 1980 · Dehavilland-Webber Airlines DHC-2 BEAVERAirframe modelDehavilland-Webber Airlines DHC-2 BEAVER
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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.