De Havilland DHC-2 N1444T
11 November 1971 · Chicken, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 11 November 1971 at about 14:45 local time, a De Havilland DHC-2 registered N1444T, operated by Sea Airmotive, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Chicken, 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
- at 14:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Chicken, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Remote Strip
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- De Havilland DHC-2
- Registration
- N1444T
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Sea Airmotive
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- Gold Run, Alas → Anchorage, Alas
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4515
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
PLT ABRTD TKOF DUE TO DEEP SNW, LOST CTL, HIT TREE
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other De Havilland DHC-2 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jul 1971 | De Havilland DHC-2 | Hurricane, Alaska, United States | Harbor Air SER | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 1971 | De Havilland DHC-2 | Ludington, Michigan, United States | Air-Dale Ltd | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1972 | De Havilland DHC-2 | Juneau, Alaska, United States | Southeast Skyw | No injuries | - |
| 11 Dec 1972 | De Havilland DHC-2 | Sagwon, Alaska, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 27 Jun 1972 | De Havilland DHC-2 | W.lebanon, New Hampshire, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 May 1970 | De Havilland DHC-2 | Barter Isle, Alaska, United States | ERA Helicopter | Serious injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |