Narrative:
Crashed on return to the departure airport.
The airplane was en route to an airstrip near the Kuskokwim River, Alaska.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
personnel - production-design-personnel: poor/inadequate design
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Sunday 2 April 1978 |
| Time: | 16:26 |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 28D-1 Skyservant |
| Operator: | Bush Air |
| Registration: | N21AS |
| MSN: | 4004 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Bethel, AK ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE), United States of America |
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Crashed on return to the departure airport.
The airplane was en route to an airstrip near the Kuskokwim River, Alaska.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE:
personnel - production-design-personnel: poor/inadequate design
Sources:
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