ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326480
| Date: | Monday 5 September 1988 |
| Time: | 13:45 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Wrangell Air Service |
| Registration: | N111VA |
| MSN: | 215 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sitka, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Sitka Airport, AK (SIT/PASI) |
| Petersburg Municipal Airport, AK (PSG/PAPG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot encountered low ceilings, rain and fog while attempting to fly through a narrow mountain pass and successfully reversed course. He then flew into a small canyon off the main pass that terminated in a small glacier-covered bowl surrounded by steep rock walls. When it became apparent during a turn to reverse course that there was insufficient space to complete the maneuver before collision with a rock wall, the pilot retarded the throttles and crash landed on a glacier.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
in-flight planning/decision - improper - pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
terrain condition - blind/box canyon
weather condition - low ceiling
aircraft weight and balance - exceeded - pilot in command
weather condition - rain
weather condition - fog
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
NTSB
Scramble
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