ASN Aircraft accident Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-100 N451SA Nunapitchuk Airport, AK (NUP)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Tuesday 25 March 1997
Time:11:23
Type:Silhouette image of generic SC7 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-100
Operator:Arctic Circle Air Service
Registration: N451SA
MSN: SH.1972
First flight: 1980
Total airframe hrs:10192
Engines: 2 Garrett TPE331-2-201A
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Collision casualties:Fatalities: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:2,8 km (1.8 mls) ENE of Nunapitchuk Airport, AK (NUP) (   United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:Nunapitchuk Airport, AK (NUP), United States of America
Destination airport:Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE), United States of America
Narrative:
The Skyvan collided in midair with a Cessna 207 (N800GA), shortly after taking off from runway 36. Both aircraft crashed.
A witness observed the Skyvan descending toward the ground in a counter-clockwise spiral from about 800 feet above the ground. The wreckage of Cessna, entangled with the wreckage of N451SA, was found on the surface of a frozen lake. The weather conditions that prevailed at the time of the accident included clear skies; visibility, about 60 miles; wind, 045 degrees at 15 knots.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate visual look-out by the pilots of both airplanes, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid each other's airplanes."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: NTSB
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 2 months
Accident number: ANC97FA037A
Download report: Summary report

Classification:
Mid air collision
Loss of control

Sources:
» NTSB Identification: ANC97FA037A


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Distance from Nunapitchuk Airport, AK to Bethel Airport, AK as the crow flies is 35 km (22 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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