ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41212
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Date: | Sunday 13 October 1996 |
Time: | 14:55 LT |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
Owner/operator: | Seaside Air Service |
Registration: | N64276 |
MSN: | 1025 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Total airframe hrs: | 12475 hours |
Engine model: | P&W R-985-39A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Ketchikan, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | , AK (5KE) |
Destination airport: | Rowena Lake, AK |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot and two passengers departed for a remote area on an on-demand charter flight in a float-equipped airplane. An emergency locator transmitter signal was heard in the area of the intended destination about 55 minutes after departure. The flight was reported overdue and search personnel located the wreckage at an elevation of about 2,850 feet in mountainous terrain about 2 and 1/2 hours after departure. The airplane collided with terrain below the top of a steep ridge. Search personnel reported the weather conditions in the area included low ceilings. The conditions deteriorated during subsequent rescue operations. The area forecast included an AIRMET for marginal VFR conditions with mountain obscuration due to clouds and precipitation.
Probable Cause: continued flight by the pilot into adverse weather condition, and his failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from mountainous terrain. Factors related to the accident were the high/mountainous terrain, and weather conditions that included low ceilings.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC97FA001 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC97FA001
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Revision history:
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24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
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13-Aug-2011 13:36 |
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21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
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08-Apr-2024 18:27 |
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