ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329356
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| Date: | Thursday 22 July 1976 |
| Time: | 09:05 |
| Type: |  Volpar Turboliner II |
| Owner/operator: | Winship Air Services |
| Registration: | N600WA |
| MSN: | BA-463 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Dutch Harbor, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB/PACD) |
| Dutch Harbor NAS, AK (DUT/PADU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
The airplane impacted the ground in poor visibility conditions.
The aircraft, a Volpar Turboliner II cargo plane, was a stretched turbine conversion of a Beechcraft G18S. The conversion was carried out in 1974.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - improper IFR operation
FACTOR(S)
weather - low ceiling
weather - rain
weather - fog
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