- Date
- October 3, 1979
- Place
- Juneau, AK · JUNEAU, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1726UCessna 207
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791003040089A
- Case key
- 132730
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3656 79/10/3 NR.JUNEAU,AK CESSNA 207 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1213 N1726U PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 22, 2623 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 21 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP JUNEAU,AK RETURN HOONAH,AK. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - SQUALL LINE WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 650 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 49 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MERGING CLOUD LAYERS FORECASTED.BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 108MG%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1726U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.