Alon A-2 (AIRCOUPE) N6520Q

Summary

On 17 August 2003 at about 21:32 local time, a Alon A-2 (AIRCOUPE) registered N6520Q was involved in an accident near Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 August 2003 at 21:32

Classification

Accident

Location

Ketchikan, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

55.6090, -131.5791

Aircraft

Alon A-2 (AIRCOUPE)

Registration

N6520Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Port Hardy → Ketchikan

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC03FAMS1

2 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

The certificated private pilot and the sole passenger departed in a single-engine, wheel-equipped airplane for a flight over extensive areas of ocean waters, en route to a remote coastal community. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the point of departure, and a VFR flight plan was filed by the pilot. Marginal VFR meteorological conditions prevailed along the pilot's intended flight path. The accident airplane did not reach the intended destination, and was not located at any en route airport. Search personnel from Canada and the United States conducted an extensive search effort that included aircraft, surface vessels, and ground search personnel. The search was suspended on August 27, 2003. The airplane, pilot, and passenger remain missing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.