# Accident 20030817037299A: Univar A2ALON, Ketchikan, AK, August 17, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.6090° N, 131.5791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.6090&lon=-131.5791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6520Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6520Q-2014-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Alon A2 (registry code 0540102, https://openairdocs.org/model/alon-a2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR A2ALON
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03FAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030817037299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N6520Q DEPARTED PORT HARDY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, ENROUTE TO KETCHIKAN, AK. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT REPORTED CLEAR OF THE AIRPORT AREA AND WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN. THE WEATHER ALONG THE ROUTE AND IN KETCHIKAN WAS IMC. AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH IN THE AREA FOUND NOTHING. THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT INCLUDED LARGE AREAS OF OPEN WATER. THE AIRPLANE IS PRESUMED TO HAVE CRASHED BETWEEN PORT HARDY AND KETCHIKAN, KILLING THE 2 OCCUPANTS AND DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THE U.S. OR CANADA.

## 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 ANC03FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03FAMS1), Aug 17, 2003: Alon A-2 (Aircoupe) (N6520Q), Ketchikan, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined. .

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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