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ANC89LA167

1989-09-20 · NENANA RIVER, Alaska, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport ENN

N79SC has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (LEARJET INC 60, built 2003), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1989_ANC89LA167.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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