Narrative:
Skyvan N30GA, flying to Anchorage in IMC conditions with a VFR flight plan, collided with the north facing slope of a mountain slope, about 200 feet below the ridgeline at an altitude of 4800 feet. Weather was bad with low ceilings (about 1800 feet overcast), mountain obscuration, rain, fog and icing in clouds and precipitation.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. The weather was a factor."
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
» NTSB Id. ANC95LA158
» Scramble 200(19)
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Friday 1 September 1995 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-200 |
| Operator: | North Star Air Cargo |
| Registration: | N30GA |
| MSN: | SH.1839 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15798 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-2-201A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 10 km (6.3 mls) S of Farewell, AK ( United States of America)
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| Crash site elevation: | 1463 m (4800 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Farewell Airport, AK (FWL/PAFW), United States of America |
| Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK (MRI/PAMR), United States of America |
Skyvan N30GA, flying to Anchorage in IMC conditions with a VFR flight plan, collided with the north facing slope of a mountain slope, about 200 feet below the ridgeline at an altitude of 4800 feet. Weather was bad with low ceilings (about 1800 feet overcast), mountain obscuration, rain, fog and icing in clouds and precipitation.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. The weather was a factor."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
VFR flight in IMC Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 2/96 (#82)» NTSB Id. ANC95LA158
» Scramble 200(19)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Farewell Airport, AK to Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK as the crow flies is 254 km (159 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Farewell Airport, AK to Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK as the crow flies is 254 km (159 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
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