De Havilland DHC-3 N48064

Summary

On 4 August 1977 at about 19:05 local time, a De Havilland DHC-3 registered N48064, operated by Woods Air Serv, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Bettles, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 August 1977 at 19:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Bettles, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC-3

Registration

N48064

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

1

Operator

Woods Air Serv

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Cargo Operations

Phase of flight

Takeoff

Route

Alatna River, Ak → Bettles, Ak

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

3-3614

1 person died.

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

TKOF FRM RVR GRAVEL BAR TOWARD BEND IN RIVER.TREES, STEEP RVR BANK AT BEND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.