ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329039
| Date: | Tuesday 6 September 1977 |
| Time: | 14:52 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Aeronautical Industries |
| Registration: | N563MA |
| MSN: | 196 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15369 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mt Iliamna, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Iliamna Airport, AK (ILI/PAIL) |
| Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Twin Otter struck the southwest side of Mount Iliamna, approx. 7000 feet MSL in IMC conditions.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the flight crew to use proper navigational procedures for the route to be flown, especially their failure to use the available back-up means of navigation to verify the position and the progress of the flight."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB-AAR-78-5
Location
Images:
photo (c) NTSB; Mt Iliamna, AK; 06 September 1977; (publicdomain)
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