Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 11 FEV 1999 |
| Heure: | 23:45 AST |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Beechcraft 1900C-1 |
| Compagnie: | ACE Air Cargo |
| Immatriculation: | N31240 |
| Numéro de série: | UC- 28 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1988 |
| Heures de vol: | 19588 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 1 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 1 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 7,6 km (4.8 milles) N of Saint Mary's, AK (Etats-Unis d'Amérique) |
| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Saint Mary's Airport, AK (KSM), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 91 |
Flight 91 departed Anchorage at 21:45 for an IFR cargo flight to Saint Mary's. The pilot was cleared for a runway 16 LOC/DME approach at 23:25. Ten minutes later the aircraft crashed and broke into three. The pilot seats were found 50feet in front of the cockpit section. The wreckage was found at 04:00 the following morning.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's descent below the minimum descent altitude on the instrument approach. Factors were pilot fatigue resulting from the pilot's rest period being interrupted by scheduling discussions and the night weather conditions of low ceilings and whiteout." Sources:
» NTSB
Photos
N31240 was sold to Business Express in 1994. After two years it was bought by Raytheon and in 1996 leased to Alaska Central Express.
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Anchorage International Airport, AK et Saint Mary's Airport, AK est de 703 km (440 miles).
La distance entre Anchorage International Airport, AK et Saint Mary's Airport, AK est de 703 km (440 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
