ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13995
Last updated: 1 December 2020
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| Date: | 07-JUL-1979 |
| Time: | 17:49 ADT |
| Type: |  Morane-Saulnier Rallye 235GT |
| Owner/operator: | Glacier Aircraft |
| Registration: | N302RA |
| C/n / msn: | 12876 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Into sea north-east of Woody Island VOR, 45 miles off Kodiak, Alaska -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage, Alaska (ANC/PANC) |
| Kodiak, Alaska (ADQ/PADQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
First registered in the USA 9.12.1977. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7.7.1979:Pilot reported engine failure (loss of oil pressure) and ditched northeast of the Woody Island VOR, 45 miles off Kodiak, Alaska, whilst on final approach to Kodiak. (NTSB report cites "forced landing off-airport on water").
Two US Coast Guard C-130s, two helicopters, and a Coast Guard cutter were dispatched immediately to the area reported by Pilot Graham Barber in his distress calls, but no sign of the plane, or its occupants, were found. The search continued for three days
All three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) killed:
- Sir Ian Mackintosh - British novelist, writer, creator the television series, The Sandbaggers, and writer for the series Warship
- Graham Barber, pilot
- Susan Insole, the daughter of a English cricket player
Aircraft not recovered,injuries presumed. Registration N302RA not cancelled by the FAA until 5.9.2012 (33 years later!)
Sources:
1. https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=34852&key=0
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/rallye.pdf
3. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=302RA
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ak/N302RA/
5. http://www.check-six.com/lib/Famous_Missing/Mackintosh.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Mackintosh
7. http://web.archive.org/web/20160617194033/http://www.opsroom.org:80/pages/intelligence/ian-2.html
8. https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/Whats-On/Books/Did-spy-writers-disappearance-mirror-his-fiction-03012013.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Sep-2014 00:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2014 01:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 10-Sep-2014 01:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2014 01:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2014 01:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 17-Nov-2015 12:33 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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