De Havilland DHC-6 N851TB

28 January 1979 · Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 January 1979 at about 15:00 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N851TB, operated by Cape Smythe AI, was involved in an accident during in flight near Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 January 1979 at 15:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6
Registration: N851TB
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Cape Smythe AI
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Barrow, Ak → Anaktuvuk Pass, Ak
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2111

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAIN PEAK.CLIMBING OUT OF WHITEOUT CONDS.CREW FLEW 12 OUT OF LAST 24HRS.

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 3-2111, 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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