Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | vendredi 29 novembre 2013 |
Heure: | 18:24 |
Type/Sous-type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Compagnie: | Era Alaska |
Immatriculation: | N12373 |
Numéro de série: | 208B0697 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1998 |
Heures de vol: | 12653 |
Moteurs: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Equipage: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 1 |
Passagers: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 9 |
Total: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 10 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | 1,6 km (1 milles) SE of Saint Mary's Airport, AK (KSM) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
Aéroport de départ: | Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Aéroport de destination: | Saint Mary's Airport, AK (KSM/PASM), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Numéro de vol: | 1453 |
Détails:A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operated by Era Alaska crashed near Saint Mary's Airport, Alaska. The pilot and three passengers were killed in the accident. Six passengers sustained serious injuries.
The airplane operated flight 7H-1453 from Bethel were it took off at 17:41. The flight was planned to make an intermediate stop at Mountain Village, but did not land there due to deteriorating weather. Night, instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed at the St. Mary's airport at the time of the accident.
The airplane was seen to overfly the airport at low altitude. Shortly afterwards the flight impacted an open area of snow-covered tundra.
About 8 minutes before the accident, at 18:16, a weather report indicated: Wind, 230 degrees at 7 knots; visibility, 3 statute miles; overcast at 300 feet above ground level; temperature, 18 degrees F (-7,8 degrees C); altimeter, 30.01 inches Hg.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's decision to initiate a visual flight rules approach into an area of instrument meteorological conditions at night and the flight coordinators' release of the flight without discussing the risks with the pilot, which resulted in the pilot experiencing a loss of situational awareness and subsequent controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident were the operator's inadequate procedures for operational control and flight release and its inadequate training and oversight of operational control personnel. Also contributing to the accident was the Federal Aviation Administration's failure to hold the operator accountable for correcting known operational deficiencies and ensuring compliance with its operational control procedures."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 3 months | Accident number: | ANC14MA008 | Download report: | Summary report
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Sources:
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registration: N12373
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29-11-2013type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
registration: N12373
accident date:
29-11-2013type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
registration: N12373
accident date:
29-11-2013type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
registration: N12373
accident date:
29-11-2013type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
registration: N12373
Seat map Cessna 208B Grand Caravan N12373
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Bethel Airport, AK et Saint Mary's Airport, AK est de 161 km (101 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.