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| Date: | Wednesday 6 March 2002 |
| Time: | 12:03 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Tatonduk Outfitters Ltd |
| Registration: | N208TF |
| MSN: | 208B0529 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4676 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Barrow, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse Airport, AK (SCC/PASC) |
| Barrow, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The air taxi pilot was flying four passengers and cargo to a remote camp and airstrip surrounded by principally flat, snow-covered tundra. He had difficulty locating the airstrip due to ice fog and reduced visibility, and initially flew over the top of the runway. A passenger saw the airstrip, and about the same time, the camp operator radioed the pilot that the airplane had just passed the camp. The pilot made a descent and an approach to the airstrip, but the airplane stalled and collided with terrain about 1/4 mile short of the runway. The camp operator noted that at the time of the accident there was ice fog in the area, and a portion of the runway was not visible due to the fog. He estimated the horizontal visibility to be about 3/4 of a mile. Postaccident inspection of the airplane disclosed approximately 1/2 inch of ice on the airplane's left lift strut and main landing gear leg. The pilot said after the accident that either a cabin door or cargo pod door may have opened during the approach. Postaccident inspection, and interviews with passengers, disclosed no evidence of an in-flight cargo or cabin door opening, and crush lines on the cargo pod door are consistent with the door being closed at impact.
Probable Cause: The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions, and an inadvertent stall. Factors associated with the accident are fog, obscuration, and icing conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC02FA020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 19:44 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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