- Date
- July 15, 1988, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wrangell, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55CXDe Havilland DHC-3
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880715026669A
- Case key
- 40848
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Plt attempted flight through a mountain pass in the presence of low clouds and fog. Visual ground reference was lost and the acft collided with a snow bank. Plt cited personal and company-induced pressures as factors. Operator completed accident report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55CX
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 139
- Airframe hours
- 4,300
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Diamond Aviation
- Registered owner
- Ben Kalka
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 5, 1988 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- JMT · Johnny Mtn
- Destination
- WRG · Wrangell, AK
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,200 total · 185 in the last 90 days · 92 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.