ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34622
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| Date: | Sunday 8 November 1992 |
| Time: | 20:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 402C |
| Owner/operator: | Baker Aviation Inc. |
| Registration: | N67941 |
| MSN: | 402C0633 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7971 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-VB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kiana, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Noorvik, AK (ORV) |
| Selawik, AK (WLK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRPLANE WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM KOTZEBUE TO NOORVIK, KIANA, SELAWIK, AND RETURN TO KOTZEBUE. THE FLIGHT HAD OVERFLOWN KIANA DUE TO UNPLOWED RUNWAY CONDITIONS, AND WAS PROCEEDING TO SELAWIK WHEN IT CRASHED INTO SHELLY MOUNTAIN. ACCORDING TO THE RESCUE PERSONNEL, THE MOUNTAIN TOPS IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WERE OBSCURED BY SNOW, FOG AND CLOUDS. THE TERRAIN WAS COVERED WITH SNOW. THE PILOT HAD A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT INVOLVING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WHERE HE FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S ATTEMPT TO FLY VFR INTO IMC CONDITIONS. FACTORS WERE SNOW, WHITEOUT CONDITIONS, AND MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC93FA013
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 December 1989 | N67941 | Baker Aviation | 0 | Kotzebue, AK | |
sub |
| 13 July 1991 | N67941 | 0 | Kiana, AK | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Apr-2024 16:55 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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