Cessna 402C N67941

Summary

On 8 November 1992 at about 22:20 local time, a Cessna 402C registered N67941, operated by Baker Aviation Inc., was involved in an accident near Kiana, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 November 1992 at 22:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Kiana, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

66.9795, -160.4296

Aircraft

Cessna 402C

Registration

N67941

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Baker Aviation Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Noorvik → Selawik

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ANC93FA013

3 people died.

THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S ATTEMPT TO FLY VFR INTO IMC CONDITIONS. FACTORS WERE SNOW, WHITEOUT CONDITIONS, AND MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRPLANE WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM KOTZEBUE TO NOORVIK, KIANA, SELAWIK, AND RETURN TO KOTZEBUE. THE FLIGHT HAD OVERFLOWN KIANA DUE TO UNPLOWED RUNWAY CONDITIONS, AND WAS PROCEEDING TO SELAWIK WHEN IT CRASHED INTO SHELLY MOUNTAIN. ACCORDING TO THE RESCUE PERSONNEL, THE MOUNTAIN TOPS IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WERE OBSCURED BY SNOW, FOG AND CLOUDS. THE TERRAIN WAS COVERED WITH SNOW. THE PILOT HAD A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT INVOLVING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WHERE HE FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.