De Havilland DHC-2 N4747S

18 April 1978 · Cordova, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 18 April 1978 at about 07:52 local time, a De Havilland DHC-2 registered N4747S, operated by Chitna Air SER, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Cordova, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 April 1978 at 07:52
Classification: Accident
Location: Cordova, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Cordova Municipal
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2
Registration: N4747S
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Chitna Air SER
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Cordova Mile 13
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3210

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

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.

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 3-3210, 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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