- Date
- July 15, 1981
- Place
- King Cove, AK · KING COVE, AK
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N631SRBeech 200
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1983
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810715041239A
- Case key
- 123663
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3670 81/7/15 KING COVE,AK BEECH 200 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1040 N631SR PX- 4 0 0 CORP/EXEC 57, 18800 TOTAL HOURS, 16 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KING COVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KODIAK,AK KING COVE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOW ALT VISUAL APCH IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.CREW NOT FAMILIAR WITH DESTINATION GEOGRAPHY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N631SR
- Reported as
- Beech 200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- King Cove
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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.