- Date
- August 25, 1980
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK · KOTZEBUE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N908CMBeech E90
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800825039189A
- Case key
- 136423
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3220 80/8/25 NR.KOTZEBUE,AK BEECH E90 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1204 N908CM PX- 0 1 4 CORP/EXEC 46, 9430 TOTAL HOURS, 553 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALPH WIEN MEML DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BARROW,AK KOTZEBUE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- DSNDD BLO MIN IFR ALT TO VFR CONDS,400FT CIG,OVR WTR APCH.HIT WTR WHILE KEEPING LND IN SIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N908CM
- Reported as
- Beech E90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ralph Wien Meml
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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.