Curtiss-Wrt C-46 N10012

17 February 1966 · Homer Alas, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 February 1966 at about 17:52 local time, a Curtiss-Wrt C-46 registered N10012, operated by Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Homer Alas, 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: 17 February 1966 at 17:52
Classification: Accident
Location: Homer Alas, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Homer Municipal
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Curtiss-Wrt C-46
Registration: N10012
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0010

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

LOSS OF DIRECTIONL CONTROL WHILE TAXIING DUE GLARE ICE ON TAXIWAY.

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 1-0010, 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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