- Date
- May 23, 1964
- Place
- Kwethluk, AK · KWETHLUK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6598ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1403 64/5/23 KWETHLUK ALASKA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 500 TIME - 1230 N6598A PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT-DOWNWIND T/O ON NARROW STRIP OF RIVER ICE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6598A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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