ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324236
| Date: | Tuesday 25 March 1997 |
| Time: | 11:23 |
| Type: |  Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-100 |
| Owner/operator: | Arctic Circle Air Service |
| Registration: | N451SA |
| MSN: | SH.1972 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10192 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-2-201A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,8 km ENE of Nunapitchuk Airport, AK (NUP) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Nunapitchuk Airport, AK (NUP) |
| Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Skyvan collided in midair with a Cessna 207 (N800GA), shortly after taking off from runway 36. Both aircraft crashed.
A witness observed the Skyvan descending toward the ground in a counter-clockwise spiral from about 800 feet above the ground. The wreckage of Cessna, entangled with the wreckage of N451SA, was found on the surface of a frozen lake. The weather conditions that prevailed at the time of the accident included clear skies; visibility, about 60 miles; wind, 045 degrees at 15 knots.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate visual look-out by the pilots of both airplanes, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid each other's airplanes."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB Identification: ANC97FA037A
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