- Date
- November 1, 1980
- Place
- Gold King Crk, AK · GOLD KING CRK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N496RACessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801101063459A
- Case key
- 128584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2837 80/11/1 GOLD KING CRK,AK CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 58, TIME - 1730 N496RA PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 243 TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOLD KING CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOLD KING CRK,AK FAIRBANKS,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 75 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 8 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STU PLT,EXPIRED MEDICAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N496RA
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gold King Creek
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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.