Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Schlussbericht |
| Datum: | 06 SEP 1969 |
| Zeit: | 01.35 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Interior Airways |
| Kennzeichen: | N2711N |
| Werknummer: | 38 |
| Baujahr: | 1967 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Sagwon, AK (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Frachtflug |
| Flug von: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA), USA |
| Sagwon Airport, AK (SAG), USA |
The Twin Otter contacted the ground and crashed while in a 30-degree bank.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper IFR operation
weather - low ceiling
weather briefing - briefing received-method unknown
weather forecast - weather considerably worse than forecast Informationsquelle:
» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Fairbanks International Airport, AK to Sagwon Airport, AK as the crow flies is 503 km (315 miles).
Distance from Fairbanks International Airport, AK to Sagwon Airport, AK as the crow flies is 503 km (315 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
