- Date
- August 12, 1981
- Place
- Healy, AK · HEALY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5075EAero Comdr 500S
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810812050169A
- Case key
- 124591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1808 81/8/12 HEALY,AK AERO COMDR 500S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 5500 TIME - 1000 N5075E PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEALY RIVER STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,AK RETURN HEALY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 158 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- WND GSTG 20KTS AT ARPT.WND VARIABLE & GSTG 50KTS APRX 1.5MI EITHER SIDE OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5075E
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Healy River Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5075E · 2
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