Pilatus PC6BH2 N2854T

28 October 1966 · Kotzebue Alas, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 October 1966 at about 08:15 local time, a Pilatus PC6BH2 registered N2854T, operated by Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Kotzebue Alas, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 October 1966 at 08:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Kotzebue Alas, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Wien Memorial
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Pilatus PC6BH2
Registration: N2854T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0034

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PARKED N2851T SUBS.DAMAGE.PLT USED PROP REV TAXICLEAR OTHER ACFT.N54T MOVED FORWARD STRUCK N51T.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

Approximate

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66.8985, -162.5981
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Kotzebue Alas, Alaska, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 1-0034, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

Also in

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Other Pilatus PC6BH2 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Nov 1972	Pilatus PC6BH2 N2854T	Anchorage, Alaska, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
15 Mar 1974	Pilatus PC6BH2 N350FH	Point Lay, Alaska, United States approximate position	Digicon Alaska	Serious injuries	-
29 Aug 1976	Pilatus PC6BH2 N346F	Wainwright, Alaska, United States approximate position	Arctic Guide A	Minor injuries	-

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
5 Mar 1966	Hughes 269A N8892F	Fort Collins Colo, Colorado, United States approximate position	Kensair Corp.	No injuries	-
17 Mar 1966	Piper PA-22 N7619D	Lake City Fla, Florida, United States approximate position	-	Serious injuries	-
16 Jun 1966	Brantly B-2 N2131U	N.platte Nebr, Nebraska, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
6 Sep 1966	Grumman TBM N6894C	Elko Nev, Nevada, United States approximate position	Sonora Avaitio	Minor injuries	-
27 Oct 1966	Cessna 182 N8829T	Plankinton S Dak, South Dakota, United States not on the map	-	Fatal	1
9 Jan 1966	Cessna 140A N9489A	Geneva Ny, New York, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-

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