ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 7505
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Date: | Monday 8 January 1968 |
Time: | 16:11 |
Type: | Cessna 180H |
Owner/operator: | Tanana Air Taxi |
Registration: | N7921V |
MSN: | 18051821 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Tanana, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Non-instrument rated pilot attempted night flight in IFR conditions.
The pilot and one passenger were killed. The Tanana Airport was later named after the pilot: Tanana-Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
WEATHER - FOG
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC68A0036 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/16448953/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
09-Jan-2018 19:20 |
harro |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
09-Jan-2018 19:27 |
harro |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
04-Nov-2019 18:39 |
BEAVERSPOTTER |
Updated [Cn] |
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