De Havilland DHC-3 N48148
12 July 1979 · Arctic Village, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 July 1979 at about 10:02 local time, a De Havilland DHC-3 registered N48148, operated by BUD Wood's, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Arctic Village, Alaska, United States. 2 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
- at 10:02
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Arctic Village, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- De Havilland DHC-3
- Registration
- N48148
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- BUD Wood's
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2368
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
GEAR COLLAPSED DRG LNDG ON SAND BAR.CO FLT PLAN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other De Havilland DHC-3 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 1979 | De Havilland DHC-3 | Trail Creek, Alaska, United States | Maxson Aviatio | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 1978 | De Havilland DHC-3 | Kotzebue, Alaska, United States | Maxson Aviatio | No injuries | - |
| 21 Nov 1978 | De Havilland DHC-3 | Crab Bay, Alaska, United States | Channel Flying | No injuries | - |
| 25 May 1980 | De Havilland DHC-3 | Noonan, North Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 1981 | De Havilland DHC-3 | South Naknek, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Aug 1977 | De Havilland DHC-3 | Bettles, Alaska, United States | Woods Air Serv | Fatal | 1 |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Feb 1979 | Cessna 180 | Waunakee, Wisconsin, United States | Anderson Enter | No injuries | - |
| 18 Mar 1979 | Beechcraft P35 | Mormon Mesa, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Apr 1979 | Bell 47G2M | Guadalupe, California, United States | R & S Dusters | No injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 1979 | Beechcraft F33A | Goodyear, Arizona, United States | Air Trng Centr | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jul 1979 | Piper PA-28 | Melbourne, Florida, United States | FIT Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 3 Aug 1979 | Piper PA-20 | Red Star, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |