Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 N4914, Friday 12 September 1975
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Date:Friday 12 September 1975
Time:c. 11:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Owner/operator:Wien Air Alaska
Registration: N4914
MSN: 48
Year of manufacture:1967
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN/PAKI) -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN/PAKI)
Destination airport:Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
A Wien Air Alaska de Havilland DHC-6, N4914, rejected takeoff at Kipnuk. The aircraft suffered a collapse of the nose gear.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

https://www.twinotterworldnews.com/accidents

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jul-2025 00:27 Justanormalperson Added
24-Jul-2025 00:27 Justanormalperson Updated [Accident report, ]
25-Jul-2025 06:45 ASN Updated

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