19821209062979A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Dhav DHC2MK1 · Klawock, AK · December 9, 1982

Date
December 9, 1982 · 13:10 local
Place
Klawock, AK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SESA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N68081
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA83AA028
Reported as
Dhav DHC2MK1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985*
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
7
Pilot’s flight hours
3,683 total1,105 in this make and model109 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.

Aircraft had diverted path of flight due to fog bank. Crash occurred in rising terrain in marginal weather.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HAD DIVERTED PATH OF FLIGHT DUE TO FOG BANK. CRASH OCCURRED IN RISING TERRAIN IN MARGINAL WEATHER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.