- Date
- June 4, 1981
- Place
- Dillingham, AK · DILLINGHAM, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N121CAConvair 440
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125270
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2832 81/6/4 DILLINGHAM,AK CONVAIR 440 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1617 N121CA PX- 0 0 1 COMPANY FLIGHT 40, 9500 TOTAL HOURS, 630 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DILLINGHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DILLINGHAM,AK ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: STACKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: POWER INDICATORS POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: GOVERNORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- R ENG FIRE WRNG LGT DRG TKOF,ENG SURGED AT METO PWR.EXH STACK BRKN,BMEP CONDUIT OVRHTD,GOV MALF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N121CA
- Reported as
- Convair 440
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dillingham
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