Beechcraft G18S N5730U
18 December 1968 · Kenai, Alaska, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 18 December 1968 at about 14:02 local time, a Beechcraft G18S registered N5730U, operated by North Air Inc*, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Kenai, Alaska, United States. 9 people were on board and 4 were seriously injured, 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:02
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Kenai, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Kenai
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft G18S
- Registration
- N5730U
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- North Air Inc*
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4757
People
4 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
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
HEAVY ACFT ICING, ICE FOG ENCOUNTERED DURING CIRCLING APCH.STALLED DURING ATTEMPT TO ALIGN WITH RNY
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft G18S accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 1968 | Beechcraft G18S | Waco, Texas, United States | Frito-Lay, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 19 Mar 1968 | Beechcraft G18S | Weston, Vermont, United States | Peterson-Howel | Fatal | 7 |
| 5 May 1969 | Beechcraft G18S | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | SMB Stage Lin* | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 1969 | Beechcraft G18S | Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States | Williams Broth | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jan 1969 | Beechcraft G18S | San Francisco, California, United States | Priority Air * | No injuries | - |
| 2 Dec 1969 | Beechcraft G18S | Griffiss Afb, New York, United States | Priority Air D | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Baytown, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1968 | Cessna 150 | Mounds, Oklahoma, United States | Riverside Airl | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Laurel, Maryland, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1968 | Piper J5A | Valparaiso, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1968 | Mooney M20D | Santa Rosa, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1968 | Cessna 182 | Medford, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |