- Date
- April 2, 1980
- Place
- Skwentna, AK · SKWENTNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1206HAeronca 15AC
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800402007889A
- Case key
- 131828
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0348 80/4/2 NR.SKWENTNA,AK AERONCA 15AC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2050 N1206H PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 46, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP COLLINSVILLE,AK ANCHORAGE,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN SHOWERS, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OPERATION PHASE UNKN.NON-FAA FLT PLAN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1206H
- Reported as
- Aeronca 15AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1206HRegistration cancelled Apr 10, 2013 · Aeronca 15ACAirframe modelAeronca 15ACEngine modelContinental 0-300 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.