Date:	Thursday 24 April 1975
Time:	12:20
Type:	Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander
Owner/operator:	Munz Northern Airlines
Registration:	N591JA
MSN:	57
Year of manufacture:	1969
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tin City Airport, AK (TNC) -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Nome Airport, AK (OME/PAOM)
Destination airport:	Tin City Airport, AK (TNC/PATC)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft hit a steep bluff short of the runway due to downdrafts gusting to 30 kts.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged distance and altitude
pilot in command - continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions
pilot in command - delayed in initiating go-around
weather - downdraft,updrafts
FACTORS:
weather - snow
terrain - high obstructions

NTSB
Thomas Brügge
World Directory of Airliner Crashes

photo (c) anon.; near Tin City Airport, AK (TNC); April 1975

photo (c) anon.; near Tin City Airport, AK (TNC); April 1975

photo (c) anon.; near Tin City Airport, AK (TNC); April 1975

photo (c) anon.; near Tin City Airport, AK (TNC); April 1975

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