ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 23112
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| Date: | Thursday 26 July 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna A185F |
| Owner/operator: | Gulf Air Taxi |
| Registration: | N3800Q |
| MSN: | 18502196 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Teledyne Continental IO-520-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 25 NM SW of Haines Junction, Yukon -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Kennedy Glacier, Yukon Territory |
| Yakutat, Alaska | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The wheel/ski-equipped aircraft, a Cessna A185F, registration N3800Q, serial number 18502196, departed Yakutat, Alaska, to pick up two glacier climbers who had been dropped on the Kennedy Glacier, Yukon
Territory, several days earlier. When the pilot aerially inspected the base camp, located at the 8500-foot level, he noted that the climbers were not there. After searching the area where the climbers intended to climb, he found them at the 12 000-foot level. Because of inclement weather, they had become stranded, ran low on food and fuel, and were unable to descend to the base camp. The pilot landed close to the climbers. Once all were on board, the pilot commenced a take-off run. Before the aircraft could become airborne, the ski struck snow drifts and ridges associated with crevasses in the glacier. The aircraft then nosed over and dropped about 80 feet into a crevasse. When the aircraft did not return to base, a search was initiated. The aircraft, which was substantially damaged, was found the following day. Both climbers sustained serious injuries. The pilot sustained a fatal head injury.
indings as to Causes and Contributing Factors
1. The series of small depressions in the glacier surface and the 12 000-foot altitude most likely prevented the aircraft from becoming airborne before reaching the larger open crevasses and the associated drifts of compacted snow.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
2001C0905
Air International January 2002, p16
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Mar-2018 10:12 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Damage] |
| 19-Mar-2018 10:16 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2020 14:49 | TB | Updated [Cn] |
| 23-Oct-2023 19:42 | harro | Updated [[Cn]] |
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