- Date
- October 25, 1979
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK · KOTZEBUE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N477GMBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791025041489A
- Case key
- 132834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3952 79/10/25 KOTZEBUE,AK BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, TIME - 1000 N477GM PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALPH WIEN MEML DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KOTZEBUE,AK SELAWIK,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD GEAR UP ON FRZN LAKE TO PREVENT GEAR BRKG THRU ICE.INSUF ENG WARM-UP.FROST ON WINGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N477GM
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ralph Wien Meml
N477GMRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Beech E18SAirframe modelBeech E18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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.