- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 15, 2015
Time: 0624
Location: Iliamna East Wind Lake, Alaska
Operator: Rainbow King Lodge
Flight #: ?
Route: Iliamna - Remote lake
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC 3T Turbine Otter
Registration: N928PK
cn / ln: 61
Aboard: 7   (passengers:6  crew:1)
Fatalities: 3   (passengers:3  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: While on the way to a remote fishing site, the non-sceduled passenger float plane crashed in trees as it attempted to take off. Three of the passengers were killed. The pilot's decision to depart in dark night, visual meteorological conditions over water, which resulted in his subsequent spatial disorientation and loss of airplane control.
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