| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 05, 1988 |
| Time: | 13:45 |
| Location: | Sitka, Alaska |
| Operator: | Wrangell Air Service |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Sitka - Petersburg |
| AC Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander |
| Registration: | N111VA |
| cn / ln: | 215 |
| Aboard: | 10 (passengers:9 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:1 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The pilot encountered low ceilings, rain and fog while attempting to fly through a narrow mountain pass and successfully reversed course. He then flew into a small canyon off the main pass that terminated in a small glacier-covered bowl surrounded by steep rock walls. When it became apparent during a turn to reverse course that there was insufficient space to complete the maneuver before collision with a rock wall, the pilot retarded the throttles and crash landed on a glacier. Improper in-flight planning. Blind box canyon. Weight and balance exceeded. Rain fog. |
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