De Havilland DHC-6 N563MA

6 September 1977 · Iliamna, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 6 September 1977 at about 14:52 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N563MA, operated by Alaska Aeronau, was involved in an accident during in flight near Iliamna, Alaska, United States. 13 people were on board and 13 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 September 1977 at 14:52
Classification: Accident
Location: Iliamna, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6
Registration: N563MA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Alaska Aeronau
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Iliamna, Ak → Anchorage, Ak
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4217

People

13 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
13	13	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

HIT GLACIER ABT 7000FT MSL.RECOVERY OF BODIES ORWRECKAGE WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

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 3-4217, 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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