ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236073
Last updated: 25 January 2021
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| Date: | 14-MAY-2020 |
| Time: | 10:17 |
| Type: |  Cessna A185F Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Webster's Flying Service |
| Registration: | N5454E |
| C/n / msn: | 18503974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Teshekpuk Lake Observatory, North Slope Borough, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | SU |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft impacted the terrain under unknown circumstances near Teshekpuk Lake southeast of Utqiagvik, Alaska. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the pilot was fatally injured. The passenger survived with unspecified but apparent serious injures.
Weather may have been a factor in the accident.
Sources:
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/05/15/pilot-dead-single-passenger-survives-after-north-slope-charter-plane-crash/
https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:95:::NO::P95_EVENT_LCL_DATE,P95_LOC_CITY_NAME,P95_REGIST_NBR:15-MAY-20,BARROW,N5454E
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N5454E
https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/2/6/2336629.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2020 04:08 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 16-May-2020 04:18 | Geno | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 16-May-2020 08:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Total occupants, Source] |
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