- Date
- November 7, 1981
- Place
- Savoonga, AK · SAVOONGA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6272BAero Comdr 680E
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811107072679A
- Case key
- 122673
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3659 81/11/7 NR.SAVOONGA,AK AERO COMDR 680E CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 878 TIME - 1442 N6272B PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NOME,AK RETURN GAMBELL,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- MAIL FLIGHT.STRUCK MTN AT 2000FT LVL.SKY COND AT SAVOONGA 500 TO 600FT OVRCST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6272B
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.