- Date
- February 8, 1975
- Place
- Dexter, NY · DEXTER, NY
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N212NYDehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750208002439A
- Case key
- 147404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0237 75/2/8 DEXTER,NY DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1048 N212NY PX- 0 0 5 SEARCH AND RESCUE 41, 3299 TOTAL HOURS, 178 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERTOWN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY WATERTOWN,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: MISSED APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW TERRAIN - ICY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 23 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT MISSED TWO APCHS.ACFT STRUCK ICE IN A NOSE DWN L WING LOW ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N212NY
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watertown Intl
N212NYRegistration cancelled Jan 11, 2018 · Dehavilland OTTER U-1AAirframe modelDehavilland OTTER U-1AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N212NY · 1
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