- Date
- August 28, 1981
- Place
- Whittier, AK · WHITTIER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49128Interstate S-1B1
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810828052719A
- Case key
- 124595
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1814 81/8/28 WHITTIER,AK INTERSTATE S-1B1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 2000 TIME - 0930 N49128 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1350 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITTIER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,AK LA TOUCHE IS,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARGO SHIFTED POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CARGO FASTENED TO REAR SEAT SHIFTED & JAMMED THROTTLE.HIT OBSTN ON BOAT DOCK.WND GSTG 35KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49128
- Reported as
- Interstate S-1B1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Whittier
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.