- Date
- March 18, 1965
- Place
- Waterville, Canada · WATERVILLE, Canada
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4997EDouglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0068 65/3/18 NR.WATERVILLE CANADA DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0935 N4997E PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 64, 30000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 6000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4997E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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