ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36864
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| Date: | Sunday 20 September 1987 |
| Time: | 17:05 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 NAVAJO |
| Owner/operator: | Air North Charter & Training |
| Registration: | C-GPAC |
| MSN: | 31-795 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7530 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING TIO-540-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Eldred Rock Glacier, 15 miles SE of Haines, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada (YXY/CYXY) |
| Juneau International Airport, Juneau, Alaska (JNU/PAJN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE FLIGHT WAS CLEARED ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM WHITEHORSE TO JUNEAU, VIA V-428 TO CHILL INTXN, THEN DIRECT TO JUNEAU. CHILL INTXN WAS LOCATED ON V-428, 36 MILES SOUTH OF HAINES NDB ON A BEARING OF 146 DEGREES. ON REACHING HAINES NDB, THE PILOT CANCELLED HIS IFR CLEARANCE & CONTINUED UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR).
SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON A GLACIER BETWEEN HAINES & JUNEAU, APPROXIMATELY 15 MILE SE OF HAINES NDB AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 4,500 FEET. A PILOT, FLYING ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH-WEST OF THE CRASH SITE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, REPORTED A BKN TO OVC CEILING AT 2,500 TO 3,000 FEET AMSL.
THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS NEAR THE HAINES TRANSITION OF THE BARLO 4 DEPARTURE (SID). IN THAT AREA, THE MINIMUM EN ROUTE ALTITUDE FOR FLIGHT ON THE HAINES TRANSITION WAS 9,000 FEET UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR). ALL FIVE PERSONS ON BOARD [PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS] WERE KILLED
REGISTRATION C-GPAC CANCELLED 21.9.1990
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: ANC87FA165 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001213X31957&key=1
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_North#Accidents_and_incidents
3. http://www.scramble.nl/civil-database/details?bt=pa&af=687
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1987/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-alaska-5-killed/]
5. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ak/CGPAC/
6. http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/ADetHis.aspx?id=135686&rfr=RchHsRes.aspx?st=0&mh=GPAC&rfr2=ADet.aspx%3fid%3d518954&rfr=RchSimp.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Jun-2015 19:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2015 19:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Oct-2017 20:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2020 12:39 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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