ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327871
| Date: | Sunday 16 May 1982 |
| Time: | 10:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Owner/operator: | Wien Air Alaska |
| Registration: | N103AQ |
| MSN: | 183 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15267 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hooper Bay, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Scammon Bay SPB, AK (SCM/PACM) |
| Hooper Bay Airport, AK (HPB/PAHP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Twin Otter crashed 1320 feet short of runway 13 onto hard-packed snow and ice.
The airplane was owned by Kodiak Aviation and leased to, and operated by, Gifford Aviation. Gifford Aviation, Inc., was operating the flight under contract to Wien Air Alaska.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to compute and properly interpret the aircraft's weight and balance and their operation of the aircraft with the centre of gravity substantially aft of its authorized limit which resulted in loss of control of the aircraft during a landing attempt."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB-AAR-82-16
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