Statuts:	Enquête Officielle
Date:	23 JUN 1994
Heure:	20:15 ADT
Type/Sous-type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Compagnie:	Wings of Alaska
Immatriculation:	N13GA
Numéro de série:	179
Année de Fabrication:	1956
Heures de vol:	7672
Moteurs:	1 Pratt & Whitney R-1340
Equipage:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 1
Passagers:	victimes: 7 / à bord: 10
Total:	victimes: 7 / à bord: 11
Dégats de l'appareil:	Substantiels
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	Taku Inlet, AK (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
Phase de vol:	En vol (ENR)
Nature:	Charter National
Aéroport de départ:	Taku Lodge-Taku SPB, AK (TKL), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Aéroport de destination:	Juneau, AK, Etats-Unis d'Amérique

Détails:
Five aircraft departed a lodge, one behind the other. Fog and drizzle were encountered, and the pilot of the first aircraft radioed to the pilots of the other aircraft to cross the river to the east shoreline. A passenger in the fourth aircraft (N13GA) stated that when the aircraft was over the middle of the river, she could not see either shore due to fog. The pilot of N13GA (a floatplane) stated that he encountered deteriorating weather & started a descent, intending to make a precautionary landing. He began to level, expecting conditions to improve. Subsequently, the floatplane hit the surface of 'glassy water' and crashed.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his failure to maintain altitude (clearance) above the surface of the river. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions, and the surface condition of the river (glassy water)."

Sources:
» NTSB