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ANC88FA051

1988-04-27 · TYONEK, Alaska, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N2730T has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AIR CREATION GTE, built 2007), which was not involved in this event.

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Factual narrative

THE TWO PILOTS WERE OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A FERRY PERMIT WHICH ALLOWED FLT ONLY DURING DAY VFR CONDITIONS AND WITH A SINGLE PILOT. THEY REQUESTED AND RECEIVED JUST THE WEATHER AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, WHICH WAS VMC. EN ROUTE THE FLT ENCOUNTERED IMC OVER A MOUNTAIN RANGE. RADAR RETURNS INDICATED THAT AS THE WEATHER WAS ENCOUNTERED, THE FLIGHT DEVIATED FROM THE ASSIGNED AIRWAY, AND FOLLOWED MOUNTAIN PASSES. ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE PILOT SHORTLY AFTER HE LEFT THE ASSIGNED AIRWAY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND AT THE 10,600 ELEVATION OF A 11,413 FOOT MT, 30 MILES SOUTH OF COURSE. WEATHER IN THE AREA WAS IMC WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY ICING REPORTED SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_ANC88FA051.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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