ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155789
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| Date: | Saturday 4 May 2013 |
| Time: | 13:40 |
| Type: |  Cessna 207A Stationair 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Era Alaska |
| Registration: | N9400M |
| MSN: | 20700687 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 24472 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Newtok Airport (PAEW), AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bethel, AK (PABE) |
| Newtok, AK (PAEW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of a scheduled commuter flight reported that he was about 4 miles north of the destination airport and operating in VFR weather conditions. According to the operator, as the flight approached the airport, the visibility was reduced due to fog. The pilot then initiated a gradual descent over an area of featureless, snow-covered terrain, which made it difficult to discern any topographical terrain features due to flat light conditions. The operator reported that the pilot could see his destination airport in the distance but that, during the descent, he became “uncomfortable” with the approach, and he initiated a go-around. The airplane subsequently collided with a snow-covered frozen river, about 1 mile from the approach end of the airport, sustaining substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane. One of the passengers aboard the accident airplane wrote, in part, “I looked out the window to my right to see if I could see the airport and did not, it was too foggy.”
The operator reported that the accident flight was the pilot’s second attempt to reach the destination airport that day. During the previous flight that morning, poor weather conditions prevailed, so the pilot returned to his departure airport to wait for weather conditions to improve.
Probable Cause: The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather and his failure to maintain clearance from terrain while on approach in flat light conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's delayed decision to initiate a go-around.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
20700687
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 October 1998 | N9400M | Hageland Aviation Services Inc | 0 | Noorvik, AK | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2013 16:13 | Geno | Added |
| 06-May-2013 16:20 | TB | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 06-May-2013 19:36 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:39 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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