Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 6 September 1969
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Owner/operator: Interior Airways
Registration Number: N2711N
Location: Sagwon, AK –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
Description
The Twin Otter contacted the ground and crashed while in a 30-degree bank. PROBABLE CAUSE: pilot in command – improper IFR operation weather – low ceiling weather briefing – briefing received-method unknown weather forecast – weather considerably worse than forecast
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