Douglas DC-3 N111ST

1 July 1981 · Pilot Point, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 1 July 1981 at about 14:30 local time, a Douglas DC-3 registered N111ST, operated by United Aircraf, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Pilot Point, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 July 1981 at 14:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Pilot Point, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Pilot Point
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
Registration: N111ST
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: United Aircraf
Operating rule: Other
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Anchorage, Ak
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3669

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	3	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.

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FISH HAULING.GROSS WEIGHT & CG UNKNOWN.

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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 3-3669, 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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