ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324105
| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1997 |
| Time: | 08:08 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Hageland Aviation Services |
| Registration: | N750GC |
| MSN: | 208B0504 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1466 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km NW of Barrow-Point Barrow Airport, AK (PBA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Barrow-Point Barrow Airport, AK (PBA) |
| Wainwright Airport, AK (AIN/PAWI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At 08:06 the flight departed Barrow (PBA) runway 24. Within 2 minutes after takeoff a mayday call was issued by the pilot, following which the aircraft descended into the water. The airplane came to rest submerged in 21 feet of water, approximately 200 yards offshore.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's disregard for lateral fuel loading limits, his improper removal of frost prior to takeoff, and the resulting inadvertent stall/spin. Factors involved in this accident were the improper asymmetrical fuel loading which reduced lateral aircraft control, the self-induced pressure to takeoff on time by the pilot, and inadequate surveillance of the company operations by company management."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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