Beech A35 accident near Gustavus, AK
On July 20, 2024, a Beech A35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Gustavus, AK. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 20, 2024
- Place
- Gustavus, AK
- Aircraft
- Beech A35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 58.658°N, 137.132°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240722194735
Official records · ANC24LA069
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On July 20, 2024, about 1421 Alaska daylight time, a Beech A35 airplane, N410B, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Gustavus, Alaska. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to a friend of the occupants, the pilot and two passengers departed the Juneau International Airport (PAJN), Juneau, Alaska, on a flight bound for the Yakutat Airport (PAYA), Yakutat, Alaska. The friend alerted search and rescue personnel about 1713 reporting that the airplane was two hours overdue. An FAA alert notice was issued at 1757, and search and rescue crews were dispatched to the last known point on the accident airplane’s route; however, poor weather conditions hampered the search. According to ADS-B data, the accident airplane departed Juneau about 1344 and initially headed northwest for about 72 miles. The airplane’s track then changed direction to a southwesterly heading and began flying through the mountainous terrain of Glacier Bay National Park for an additional 30 miles. (See figure 1.) Figure 1. Accident airplane’s ADS-B track through Glacier Bay National Park. About 1421, as the airplane’s flight track continued along a westerly heading of 245°, at an altitude of 10,875 ft msl, and with a groundspeed of 141 kts, the flight track abruptly ended on the eastern side of East Crillon mountain. The elevation of the terrain above the last data point was about 11,220 ft msl. The down sloping terrain on the eastern side of East Crillon mountain consisted of expan
Probable cause
The pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
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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.
