De Havilland DHC-2 N1944

13 January 1975 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 13 January 1975 at about 17:00 local time, a De Havilland DHC-2 registered N1944, operated by Channel Flying, was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 January 1975 at 17:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2
Registration: N1944
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Channel Flying
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Route: Juneau, Ak → Return
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: 3-0157

People

5 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	5	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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ACFT DMG & INJ INDEX PRESUMED.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0157, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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14 Aug 1975	De Havilland DHC-2 N5162G	Kent, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
14 May 1975	De Havilland DHC-2 N47032	Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Grand Rapids S	No injuries	-
12 Sep 1975	De Havilland DHC-2 N64392	Kijik, Alaska, United States no coordinates	National Park	Fatal	8
15 Aug 1975	De Havilland DHC-2 N5317G	Ogden, Utah, United States no coordinates	Civil Air Patr	No injuries	-
8 Feb 1975	De Havilland DHC-2 N212NY	Dexter, New York, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
18 Jul 1975	De Havilland DHC-2 N28365	Togiak, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Kodiak Western Alaska Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-

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