Beechcraft V35A N7062N

Summary

On 21 June 2009 at about 05:00 local time, a Beechcraft V35A registered N7062N, operated by Patigler Gerhard, was involved in an accident near Northway, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 June 2009 at 05:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Northway, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

62.9614, -141.9292

Aircraft

Beechcraft V35A

Registration

N7062N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Patigler Gerhard

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Palmer → Whitehorse

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC09FAMS1

2 people died.

The cause of this accident is unknown; the airplane is missing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot and sole passenger were on an international cross-country flight from Alaska to Indiana, transiting Canada. An international flight plan was filed, and when they failed to arrive at their intermediate stop in Canada, a search was initiated. An extensive search in Alaska and Canada failed to find any sign of the airplane. Search efforts were hampered by marginal visual meteorological and instrument flight conditions along the route of flight. The airplane is missing and presumed to have crashed. The pilot and passenger have not been located.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.