Cessna 170 accident near Dry Bay, AK
On July 30, 1993, a Cessna 170 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Dry Bay, AK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 30, 1993
- Place
- Dry Bay, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 170 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 59.510°N, 139.710°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X12756
NTSB summary
On July 30, 1993, at approximately 1115 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 170 airplane, N8190A, crashed into the Gulf of Alaska in the vicinity of Dry Bay, Alaska, located about 30 miles southeast of Yakutat, Alaska. The airline transport pilot and one passenger, his wife, were presumed to have been fatally injured, and the airplane destroyed. The business flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, departed a beach site about 5 miles southeast of Dry Bay at approximately 1100, and was destined for Yakutat. The exact meteorological conditions at the crash site were unknown, and no flight plan was filed. Information in Block 76 "Weather Conditions at accident site", is based on the 1050 Yakutat weather observation. That observation included a remark saying that the visibility to the southeast of Yakutat was 1 and 1/4 mile. The National Weather Service, and other pilots in the area, reported that the weather between Dry Bay and Yakutat was marginal VFR to IFR around the time of the accident, and was considerably worse than what was reported at the pilot's point of departure. One man on the beach from where the flight originated reported that when the airplane took off the visibility was from 1/2 to 1 mile. The Dry Bay area is well known to many local pilots for its frequent foggy and low visibility conditions. Found on the beach near Dry Bay was a right main landing gear, with the wheel and tire still attached. The wheel was loosely attached by only one of the four attaching bolts. Attached to the upper end of the landing gear were several small broken parts of an air
Probable cause
UNDETERMINED.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
