- Date
- September 20, 1987, 17:05 local (Sep 21, 1987, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Eldred Rock, AK
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CGPACPiper PA-31-310
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4791
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flt was clrd on an IFR flt fm whitehorse to juneau, via V-428 to chill intxn, then drct to juneau. Chill intxn was located on V-428, 36 mi south of haines NDB on a bearing of 146 deg. On reaching haines NDB, the plt cancelled his IFR clnc & contd under visual flt rules (VFR). Subsequently, the acft crashed on a glacier between haines & juneau, aprx 15 mi se of haines NDB at an elev of about 4500'. A plt, flying about 5 mi sw of the crash site at the time of the acdnt, rprtd a bkn to ovc ceiling at 2500' to 3000' MSL. The acdnt site was near the haines transition of the barlo 4 departure (SID). In that area, the min en route alt for flt on the haines transition was 9000' under instrument flt rules.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGPAC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-759
- Airframe hours
- 7,530
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-A2B, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 129
- Registered owner
- Air North Charter & Training
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 17, 1987
- Departed
- YXY · Whitehorse
- Destination
- JNU · Juneau, AK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 11 knots
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- Z26, 20 nm away