- Date
- April 27, 1988, 13:18 local (21:18 UTC)
- Place
- Tyonek, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2730TBeech C55
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880427014609A
- Case key
- 4948
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The two pilots were operating the aircraft under the authority of a ferry permit which allowed flt only during day VFR conditions and with a single pilot. They requested and received just the weather at the destination airport, which was VMC. En route the flt encountered IMC over a mountain range. Radar returns indicated that as the weather was encountered, the flight deviated from the assigned airway, and followed mountain passes. Attempts to contact the pilot shortly after he left the assigned airway were unsuccessful. The aircraft was found at the 10,600 elevation of a 11,413 foot mt, 30 miles south of course. Weather in the area was IMC with moderate to heavy icing reported shortly after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2730T
- Reported as
- Beech C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE 375
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Galena Air Service
- Registered owner
- Galena Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GAL · Galena, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 17,600 total · 32 in this make and model · 17,500 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Observed at
- ANC, 75 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.