- Date
- December 15, 1985, 22:40 local (Dec 16, 1985, 02:40 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N777YADouglas DC-3C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19851215063909A
- Case key
- 4627
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Performance data - disregardedFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Judgment - poorCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777YA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25634
- Airframe hours
- 23,156
- Engine
- P&W R-1830-92, 1,200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lester L. Bingman
- Registered owner
- Phil L. Bingman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 15, 1985
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DLG · Dillingham, runway 10, 6,400 × ft, macadam
N777YARegistration cancelled Mar 20, 2018 · Douglas DC3CAirframe modelDouglas DC3CEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,600 total · 308 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 350° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLG, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N777YA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC09LA064Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSkwentna, AKA fracture of the airplane's tailwheel shock absorber linkage during taxi, resulting in the collapse of the tailwheel.NTSB ANC06LA032Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeluga, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from trees on final approach, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees.