Descripción:
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."
» NTSB Id. ANC95LA158
» Scramble 200(19)
| Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Fecha: | viernes 1 septiembre 1995 |
| Hora: | 12:00 |
| Tipo: |  Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-200 |
| Operador: | North Star Air Cargo |
| Registración: | N30GA |
| Numéro de série: | SH.1839 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1968 |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 15798 |
| Motores: | 2 Garrett TPE331-2-201A |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 10 km (6.3 milles) S of Farewell, AK ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Elevación del lugar del accidente: | 1463 m (4800 feet) amsl |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Ferry/Posicionado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Farewell Airport, AK (FWL/PAFW), Estados Unidos de América |
| Anchorage-Merrill Field, AK (MRI/PAMR), Estados Unidos de América |
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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Fuentes:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 2/96 (#82)» NTSB Id. ANC95LA158
» Scramble 200(19)
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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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