ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329039
Date: | Tuesday 6 September 1977 |
Time: | 14:52 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
Owner/operator: | Alaska Aeronautical Industries |
Registration: | N563MA |
MSN: | 196 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Total airframe hrs: | 15369 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mt Iliamna, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Iliamna Airport, AK (ILI/PAIL) |
Destination airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Twin Otter struck the southwest side of Mount Iliamna, approx. 7000 feet MSL in IMC conditions.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the flight crew to use proper navigational procedures for the route to be flown, especially their failure to use the available back-up means of navigation to verify the position and the progress of the flight."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DCA77AA026 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB-AAR-78-5
Location
Images:
photo (c) NTSB; Mt Iliamna, AK; 06 September 1977; (publicdomain)
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