# NTSB SEA66A0035: Douglas DC-3, N62375, Hoquiam, WA, December 1, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: December 1, 1965
- Place: Hoquiam, WA · HOQUIAM, WA
- Location: 46.9772° N, 123.9097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hoquiam, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9772&lon=-123.9097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 11 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 13, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175470
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66A0035
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66A0035

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0069   65/12/1   HOQUIAM,WASH.       DOUGLAS DC-3        CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1211                    N62375              PX-  0  0 10                            39, 15711 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            10307 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWERMAN FIELD
        OPERATOR - WEST COAST AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED                                    700
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                          RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          FOG                                                      TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           51                                                      190
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           15                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR
        REMARKS- HYDROPLANING WAS TO MINOR DEGREE IF AT ALL-WIND WAS DOWNWIND ABOUT 15KTS GUSTS TO 24
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N62375 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-3
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bowerman Field

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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