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ANC90FA021

1989-12-22 · BELUGA, Alaska, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport BLG

N302SC has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (EUROCOPTER EC 130 B4, built 2002), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE. DARKNESS AND ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE RELATED FACTORS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1989_ANC90FA021.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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