Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 N2711N,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331390
 

Date:Saturday 6 September 1969
Time:01:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Owner/operator:Interior Airways
Registration: N2711N
MSN: 38
Year of manufacture:1967
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Sagwon, AK -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA)
Destination airport:Sagwon Airport, AK (SAG)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The Twin Otter contacted the ground and crashed while in a 30-degree bank.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper IFR operation
weather - low ceiling
weather briefing - briefing received-method unknown
weather forecast - weather considerably worse than forecast

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: ANC70A0021
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 4 months
Download report: Final report

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