Curtis-Wrt C-46 N1663M

13 May 1974 · Fairbanks, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 May 1974 at about 20:01 local time, a Curtis-Wrt C-46 registered N1663M, operated by Fairbanks Air, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 May 1974 at 20:01
Classification: Accident
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Fairbanks Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Curtis-Wrt C-46
Registration: N1663M
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Fairbanks Air
Operating rule: Contract Carrier
Purpose of flight: Charter Cargo-Domestic
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Deadhorse, Alas
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1963

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

TAXIING OUT OF RUN-UP AREA, PROP HIT WING & TAIL OF PA-20 HOLDING SHORT.

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 3-1963, 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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