# Accident 20001220041679A: Curtis C46ACURTIS, Kenai, AK, December 20, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: EVAB
- Location: 60.3631° N, 152.6169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.3631&lon=-152.6169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1419Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1419Z-2001-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright C-46A (registry code 2622602, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS C46ACURTIS
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 378 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001220041679A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON DECEMBER 20, 2000, ABOUT 1630 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CURTIS WRIGHT C-46A AIRPLANE, N1419Z, WAS DESTROYED AFTER COLLIDING WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, APPROXIMATELY 44 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE KENAI VOR. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES CARGO FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR 125, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO, AND OPERATED BY EVERETS AIR FUEL, INC. FAIRBANKS, ALASKA. THE PILOT IN COMMAND, A CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, AND THE SECOND IN COMMAND, A CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES IN THE COLLISION. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KENAI, ALASKA AND UNLOADED A FUEL CARGO AT NONDALTON, ALASKA. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONING FROM NONDALTON, ALASKA TO KENAI, ALASKA WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC01FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01FA026), Dec 20, 2000: Curtis-Wright C46A (N1419Z), Kenai, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's decision to continue VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors associated with the accident are high winds, turbulence, and low ceilings.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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