- Date
- December 3, 1979
- Place
- Nome, AK · NOME, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8061VDehavnd Can DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791203035219A
- Case key
- 132800
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3898 79/12/3 NR.NOME,AK DEHAVND CAN DHC-6 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N8061V PX- 2 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 29, 3453 TOTAL HOURS, 731 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NOME,AK RETURN SHISHMAREF,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- RCVY DATE 2/10/80.TELEWRITER TRANS WX FM NWS TO FSS OTS.SPEC OBS TAKEN 0829,TRANS TO PLT AFT TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8061V
- Reported as
- Dehavnd Can DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.