ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322308
Date: | Monday 24 October 2005 |
Time: | 14:00 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Bering Air |
Registration: | N1263Y |
MSN: | 208B0731 |
Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7259 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 27 km S of Unalakleet, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Stebbins Airport, AK (WBB) |
Destination airport: | Unalakleet Airport, AK (UNK/PAUN) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:During the positioning flight back to Unalakleet the pilot descended for low level flight seeing. The pilot's attention was diverted to a noise in the cabin. The pilot told that when he redirected his attention outside, the airplane collided with the brush and tundra covered terrain.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from terrain while performing a low altitude maneuver."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC06LA007 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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