Accident
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Definitief |
| Datum: | 02 MRT 2003 |
| Tijd: | 15:04 |
| Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Bering Air |
| Registratie: | N205BA |
| Constructienummer: | 208B-0890 |
| Bouwjaar: | 2001 |
| Aantal vlieguren: | 2082 |
| Motoren: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 1 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 1 |
| Schade: | Groot |
| Gevolgen: | Unknown |
| Plaats: | 1,6 km (1 mijl) W of Kotzebue Airport, AK (OTZ) (Verenigde Staten)
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| Fase: | Nadering (APR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Ferry |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Shungnak Airport, AK (SHG), Verenigde Staten |
| Kotzebue Airport, AK (OTZ/PAOT), Verenigde Staten |
After having been cleared to enter the Kotzebue airspace, the pilot established a GPS waypoint 4 miles (6,4 km) from runway 08 and descended to 1,000 feet. He continued inbound and descended to an altitude of 300 feet. At one mile from the airport, the pilot said he looked up from the instrument panel but could not see the airport. He also stated that he was in a whiteout condition. The airplane collided with the snow-covered sea ice, short of the runway threshold.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain altitude/clearance above the ground, resulting in a collision with snow and ice covered terrain during the final approach phase of a VFR landing. Factors in the accident were whiteout conditions and snow-covered terrain." Bronnen:
» NTSB ANC03LA029
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Shungnak Airport, AK en Kotzebue Airport, AK bedraagt 235 km (147 miles).
De afstand tussen Shungnak Airport, AK en Kotzebue Airport, AK bedraagt 235 km (147 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
