What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft crash involving pilot with one passenger departed uncontrolled airfield at donkey creek Alaska located northeast of Skwentna Alaska en route to drop off a hunting party via shellabarger pass located near southwest border of denali national park. Aircraft crash impact point was noted perpendicular in relation to flight path in a canyon wall below a mountain pass valley floor the pilot was operating at. Available weather data to include surrounding area weather cameras suggest highly probable IMC operating conditions at the accident sight location.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT CRASH INVOLVING PILOT WITH ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED UNCONTROLLED AIRFIELD AT DONKEY CREEK ALASKA LOCATED NORTHEAST OF SKWENTNA ALASKA EN ROUTE TO DROP OFF A HUNTING PARTY VIA SHELLABARGER PASS LOCATED NEAR SOUTHWEST BORDER OF DENALI NATIONAL PARK. AIRCRAFT CRASH IMPACT POINT WAS NOTED PERPENDICULAR IN RELATION TO FLIGHT PATH IN A CANYON WALL BELOW A MOUNTAIN PASS VALLEY FLOOR THE PILOT WAS OPERATING AT. AVAILABLE WEATHER DATA TO INCLUDE SURROUNDING AREA WEATHER CAMERAS SUGGEST HIGHLY PROBABLE IMC OPERATING CONDITIONS AT THE ACCIDENT SIGHT LOCATION.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.