- Date
- April 17, 1964
- Place
- Elim, AK · ELIM, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9984XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0037 64/4/17 NR.ELIM ALAS CESSNA 185 CR- 1 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 3224 TIME - 1514 N9984X PX- 1 0 0 TOTAL HOURS, 667 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SNOW IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9984X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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