- Date
- May 8, 1981
- Place
- Klawock, AK · KLAWOCK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N64384Dehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810508022869A
- Case key
- 125540
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1145 81/5/8 NR.KLAWOCK,AK DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 3054 TIME - 0730 N64384 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2659 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KETCHIKAN,AK RETURN KASSAN,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN OTHER REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED. CO FLT PLN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64384
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N64384Registered now · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1Engine 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.
Other investigations on N64384 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA87LA111Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSedro Woolley, WAShortly after takeoff a loss of power occurred and the aircraft struck trees in flight. Less than 1/2 fuel was available in all three fuel tanks. The fuel selector valve was tested and found that the selections plate was indexed off center for all selections…NTSB ANC76AA102Accident · No injuriesClosedCraig, AK