70.2105° N, 151.0250° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Nuiqsut, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 16, 1982 · 17:00 local
Place
Nuiqsut, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SAIA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1459T
Reported as
Dhav DHC2MK3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A20
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,974 total300 in this make and model293 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Night landing on rolling snow covered area. Struck snowdrift. Believed flare lighted area had been plowed.
As the FAA filed it
NIGHT LANDING ON ROLLING SNOW COVERED AREA. STRUCK SNOWDRIFT. BELIEVED FLARE LIGHTED AREA HAD BEEN PLOWED.