ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34709
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Date: | Sunday 25 June 1995 |
Time: | 15:57 |
Type: | Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
Owner/operator: | Thiel Construction Company Inc |
Registration: | N62851 |
MSN: | 31-7612085 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | East Peak, 6 miles E of Valdez Airport, Valdez, Alaska -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Homer, Alaska (HOM/KHOM) |
Destination airport: | Valdez, Alaska (VDZ/KVDZ) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On June 25, 1995, about 15:57 ADT (Alaska daylight time), a Piper PA-31 airplane, N62851, was destroyed when it collided with mountainous terrain approximately 6 miles east of the Valdez Airport, Valdez, Alaska. The private pilot/airplane owner and the three passengers aboard were fatally injured. The personal flight departed Homer, Alaska, about 14:45 ADT, and a VFR flight plan was filed. The pilot later received an instrument approach clearance for the Localizer Directional Aid/Distance Measuring Equipment-C (LDA-DME C) approach to the Valdez Airport.
The pilot of the accident airplane declared a missed approach to the FAA Juneau Flight Service Station (FSS) at 15:55 ADT, and was instructed by a Juneau FSS specialist to contact Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). Anchorage ARTCC did not receive a radio transmission from the accident airplane.
The initial portion of the published procedure for the missed approach at Valdez calls for an immediate climb, then a right climbing turn to 7,000 feet amsl, on the 227 degree bearing of the Mineral Creek non directional beacon. The instrument approach environment is in a mountainous area which is not serviced by any air traffic control facility radar.
The airplane's wreckage was discovered on June 27 1995 by a Valdez based helicopter operator who was actively looking for the crash site. Earlier search efforts were hampered by reduced visibility and low clouds. The wreckage was located about the 4,300' level of a mountainside adjacent to East Peak. East Peak lies approximately 10 degrees north of the extended center line of the departure end of runway 06 at Valdez Airport, or approximately 050 degrees magnetic from the airport. The geographic coordinates of the accident site are: 61.09.104 North, 146.06.264 West.
An on-site investigation was conducted by the NTSB on June 27, 1995. The wreckage was strewn down a steeply pitched mountain side near East Peak. The first observed impact point was approximately 4,300 feet amsl, on a near vertical portion of the mountain. The majority of the upper two-thirds of the mountain was snow covered. The airframe was severely fragmented.
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: ANC95FA086 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20001207X03575&ntsbno=ANC95FA086&akey=1 2.
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=62851 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1995/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-valdez-4-killed/]
4.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ak/N62851/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
29-Apr-2015 16:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Oct-2017 16:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
11-Oct-2017 16:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
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