- Date
- December 11, 1963
- Place
- Kalispell, MT · KALISPELL, MT
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2025ADouglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0068 63/12/11 KALISPELL,MONT DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1535 N2025A PX- 0 0 3 37, 11740 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 9765 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLATHEAD COUNTY OPERATOR - WEST COAST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COPILOT - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- LEFT WING TIP STRUCK RNWY. SUCCESSFUL GO AROUND AND LNDG ACCOMPLISHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2025A
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flathead County
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