Cessna 401 N7984Q

Summary

On 25 July 1984 at about 08:00 local time, a Cessna 401 registered N7984Q, operated by Alaska Air Service, Inc., was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 July 1984 at 08:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 401

Registration

N7984Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Alaska Air Service, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Cantwell

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC84LAMS1

5 people died.

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AT 0630 AKDT THE PLT OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING FOR THE FLT WHICH FORECAST VFR WITH OCCASIONAL MARGINAL CONDITIONS ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLT. AT 0704, THE PLT OBTAINED AN UPDATED BRIEFING AT WHICH TIME THE DESTINATION OF CANTWELL WAS REPORTED IFR. AT 0731 AKDT, THE ACFT DEPARTED ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL ON A COMPANY VFR FLT. NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE WITH THE ACFT. THE ACFT DID NOT REACH CANTWELL. AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH REVEALED NO TRACE OF THE ACFT OR ITS OCCUPANTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.