| Date: | Friday 20 January 1978 |
| Time: | 09:20 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Bush Air |
| Registration: | N869JA |
| MSN: | 120 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Toksook Bay, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE) |
| Tanunak, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Controlled flight into terrain while flying in a snow squall.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions
FACTORS:
weather - snow
miscellaneous acts,conditions - whiteout
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Thomas Brügge
World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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