- Date
- September 26, 1970
- Place
- Skykomish, WA · SKYKOMISH, WA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9056HHoward DGA15P
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2744 70/9/26 NR.SKYKOMISH,WASH HOWARD DGA15P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 260 TIME - UNK/NR N9056H PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENTON,WASH SKYKOMISH,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CRASHED INTO NARROW MTN LAKE DRG LDG ATMT.STEEP MTNS,SLOPES BOTH SIDES.ACFT RCVRD 9/27/70.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9056H
- Reported as
- Howard DGA15P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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