Piper PA-28R-200 accident near Chitina, AK
On August 18, 1999, a Piper PA-28R-200 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Chitina, AK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 18, 1999
- Place
- Chitina, AK
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R-200 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 61.450°N, 143.149°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19395
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 17, 1999, at an estimated time of 1615 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Piper PA-28R-200 airplane, N56877, is presumed to have crashed near a remote area of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, about 90 miles northeast of Chitina, Alaska. The airplane is missing and the commercial certificated pilot, the sole occupant, is presumed to have sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was being operated as a flight of two airplanes on a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country personal flight when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the pilot. A VFR flight plan was filed. The flight originated at Merrill Field, Anchorage, Alaska, about 1338. The pilot of the accident airplane telephoned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Kenai Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) at 1258 on August 17, 1999. He filed a VFR flight plan, and added N6401U, a Mooney M-20C, as a second airplane to the flight plan, with the route of flight as Merrill Field to Gulkana, Alaska, to McCarthy, Alaska, to Burwash, Canada, to Whitehorse, Canada. The pilot indicated his estimated time en route was four hours, 15 minutes, and he had five hours, 20 minutes of fuel on board. The pilot then inquired about weather conditions at Burwash, Whitehorse, McCarthy, and Gulkana. The Kenai AFSS specialist provided the following: Burwash, wind 300 at six knots; visibility 15 miles; few clouds at 900 feet, 2,500 feet scattered, ceiling 8,000 feet broken. Whitehorse, winds light; visibility, 10 miles in light rain; few clouds at 2,900 feet, ceiling, 5,900 feet overcast.
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.
