De Havilland DHC-2 N5154G

12 August 1979 · McGrath, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 August 1979 at about 15:00 local time, a De Havilland DHC-2 registered N5154G was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near McGrath, Alaska, United States. 3 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: 12 August 1979 at 15:00
Classification: Accident
Location: McGrath, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2
Registration: N5154G
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Hunting
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Post Lake, Ak → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2339

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED.REMOTE AREA WITH NO WX.BRIEFING FACILITIES.WIND RPTD.S/NE AT 20 KTS BY PILOT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2339, 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.

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