Date: | Tuesday 26 November 1996 |
Time: | 11:01 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Arctic Transportation Services |
Registration: | N4704B |
MSN: | 208B0199 |
Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3711 hours |
Cycles: | 5069 flights |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,6 km W of Bethel, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE) |
Destination airport: | Kwigillingok Airport, AK (KWK/PAGG) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Cessna Caravan I took off from Bethel runway 36 at 10:59 for a VFR flight to Kwigillingok (KWK). After departure, tower personnel observed the airplane in a left turn back toward the airport at an altitude of 100 to 200 feet above the ground. The angle of bank increased and the nose of the airplane suddenly dropped toward the ground. The airplane struck the ground in a nose and left wing low attitude, two minutes after departure.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane, while maneuvering to reverse direction after takeoff, after encountering an undetermined anomaly. The undetermined anomaly was a related factor."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC97FA008 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB id ANC97FA008
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