- Date
- October 19, 1980
- Place
- Deadhorse, AK · DEADHORSE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N59199Cessna U20GF
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801019057929A
- Case key
- 127943
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3227 80/10/19 DEADHORSE,AK CESSNA U20GF CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2105 N59199 PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 23, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEADHORSE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DEADHORSE,AK RETURN NUIQSIT,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) FREEZING DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 20 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR SPECIAL VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH ELEVATED PIPELINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59199
- Reported as
- Cessna U20GF
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Deadhorse
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N59199 · 1
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