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| Date: | Friday 9 April 1982 |
| Time: | 12:25 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 206 |
| Owner/operator: | Western Yukon Air |
| Registration: | N9938M |
| MSN: | U20604588 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 981 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-F9 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Nightmute, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bethel, AK (BET) |
| Tanunak, AK (AK45) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT INADVERTENTLY DRIFTED NORTH OF HIS INTENDED FLIGHT PATH INTO AN AREA OF HIGHER TERRAIN. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A WHITEOUT CONDITION THE PILOT ELECTED TO TURN TO THE RIGHT TOWARD WHAT HE OBSERVED AS BETTER VISIBILITIES RATHER THAN TOWARDS LOWER TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SNOW COVERED SLOPE IN LEVEL FLIGHT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC82DA033
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 2018 | N1738R | Regal Air | 1 | 13 miles W of Rainy Pass, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Apr-2024 13:43 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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