Britten-Norman BN-2A N111VA

Summary

On 5 September 1988 at about 21:45 local time, a Britten-Norman BN-2A registered N111VA, operated by Daniel S. Baldwin, was involved in an accident near Sitka, Alaska, United States. 10 people were on board and one died, 5 were seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 September 1988 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Sitka, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

56.7308, -134.9994

Aircraft

Britten-Norman BN-2A

Registration

N111VA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Daniel S. Baldwin

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Petersburg

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA88FA167

1 person 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

THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED LOW CEILINGS, RAIN AND FOG WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FLY THROUGH A NARROW MOUNTAIN PASS AND SUCCESSFULLY REVERSED COURSE. HE THEN FLEW INTO A SMALL CANYON OFF THE MAIN PASS THAT TERMINATED IN A SMALL GLACIER-COVERED BOWL SURROUNDED BY STEEP ROCK WALLS. WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT DURING A TURN TO REVERSE COURSE THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT SPACE TO COMPLETE THE MANEUVER BEFORE COLLISION WITH A ROCK WALL, THE PILOT RETARDED THE THROTTLES AND CRASH LANDED ON A GLACIER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.