De Havilland DHC-6 N4914

12 September 1974 · Kipnuk, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 September 1974 at about 11:00 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N4914, operated by Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Kipnuk, Alaska, United States. 11 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: 12 September 1974 at 11:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Kipnuk, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Kipnuk
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6
Registration: N4914
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Bethel, Alas → Return
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0032

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
11	0	0	0	11

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.

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PIC NEWLY UPGRADED CAPT. RWY SLICK.

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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 1-0032, 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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