Volpar C18S N600WA

22 July 1976 · Dutch Harbor, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 22 July 1976 at about 09:05 local time, a Volpar C18S registered N600WA, operated by Winship Air SE, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Dutch Harbor, Alaska, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 July 1976 at 09:05
Classification: Accident
Location: Dutch Harbor, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Volpar C18S
Registration: N600WA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Winship Air SE
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Cold Bay, Ak → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2186

People

5 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	5	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CRUISE CLEARANCE.AIRMET-CLGS BLO 1000FT, AREAS OFVSBY BLO 3MI IN DRIZZLE & FOG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2186, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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