Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 07 APR 1983 |
| Time: | 14:56 |
| Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander |
| Operator: | Munz Northern Airlines |
| Registration: | N37MN |
| C/n / msn: | 558 |
| First flight: | 1976-11-19 (6 years 5 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6674 |
| Engines: | 2 Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Selawik, AK (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Nome Airport, AK (OME/PAOM), United States of America |
| Ambler Airport, AK (ABL), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 601 |
Crashed during snow storm.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
VFR flight into IMC..inadvertent..pilot in command
VFR flight into IMC..continued..pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
weather forecast..not obtained..pilot in command
terrain condition..high terrain
weather condition..whiteout
weather condition..snow Sources:
» BAAA-ACRO
» NTSB
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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Map
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 Nome Airport, AK to Ambler Airport, AK as the crow flies is 446 km (279 miles).
Distance from Nome Airport, AK to Ambler Airport, AK as the crow flies is 446 km (279 miles).
