Beechcraft H18 C-GWUY

11 August 1977 · Wrangell, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 11 August 1977, a Beechcraft H18 registered C-GWUY was involved in an accident during in flight near Wrangell, Alaska, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 August 1977
Classification: Accident
Location: Wrangell, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft H18
Registration: C-GWUY
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Ketchikan, Ak → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: E-0010

People

6 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	6	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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HIT MTN 3000FT MSL.

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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 E-0010, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 Mar 1978	Beechcraft H18 N787Q	Birmingham, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 May 1978	Beechcraft H18 N35AP	Molakai, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	All Hawaii Air	No injuries	-
25 Mar 1978	Beechcraft H18 N58JM	Centreville, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Astro Airways	Fatal	3
20 Nov 1978	Beechcraft H18 N204CC	Brownsville, Texas, United States no coordinates	Larry Johnson	Fatal	1
11 Feb 1976	Beechcraft H18 N1900G	Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes no coordinates	Flight Service	Fatal	1
10 Jul 1979	Beechcraft H18 N926T	Omilik, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Maxson Aviatio	No injuries	-

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10 Apr 1977	Hiller UH-12E N90465	Thermal, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
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