Beech V35A accident near Northway, AK
On June 21, 2009, a Beech V35A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Northway, AK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 21, 2009
- Place
- Northway, AK
- Aircraft
- Beech V35A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 62.961°N, 141.929°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090715X41127
Official records · ANC09FAMS1
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 20, 2009, about 1600 Alaska daylight time a Beech V35A airplane, N7062N, departed Wolf Lake Airport, about 6 miles west of Palmer, Alaska, on a visual flight rules (VFR) international cross-country flight to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, with an ultimate destination of Bettendorf, Indiana. When the airplane did not arrive in Whitehorse as scheduled, a search was initiated in both the United States and Canada, and an alert notice was issued for an overdue/missing airplane by the FAA. Cell phone records indicate the airplane may have traveled as far as Northway, Alaska near the Canadian border, before the signal was lost. The airplane reportedly was equipped with a 121.5 MHz emergency locator transmitter (ELT), and not the newer generation 406 MHz ELT. The 121.5 MHz ELT's are no longer capable of being received by search and rescue satellites, whereas the 406 MHz ELT's are. On Friday July 17, 2009, all official active searching for the missing airplane was suspended. No evidence of the missing airplane was found. The airplane is presumed to have crashed, and the pilot and sole passenger have not been located. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The 68-year old pilot held a private pilot certificate with an airplane single-engine land rating. His last third-class medical certificate was issued on November 1, 2007. No personal flight records were located for the pilot, and the aeronautical experience listed in this report was obtained from FAA records on file in the Airman and Medical Records Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On the pilot's application for m
Probable cause
The cause of this accident is unknown; the airplane is missing.
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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.
