ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362532
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Date: | Tuesday 5 January 1993 |
Time: | 16:10 LT |
Type: | Cessna 207A |
Owner/operator: | Hageland Aviation Services,inc |
Registration: | N7373U |
MSN: | 20700423 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3080 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-F |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Scammon Bay, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Mount. Village, AK |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:DURING A LONG STRAIGHT IN APPROACH THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, DURING WHITEOUT SNOW CONDITIONS. THE PILOT SAID THERE WAS NO GROUND VEGETATION TO GIVE HIM A DEPTH PERCEPTION, AND THAT HE WAS MAINTAINING A CONSTANT INDICATED ALTITUDE USING HIS ALTIMETER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOTS FAILURE TO FOLLOW VFR PROCEDURES. A FACTOR WAS THE WHITEOUT SNOW CONDITION.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC93LA024 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC93LA024
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