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ANC92IA100

1992-06-26 · DILLINGHAM, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport DLG

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE VISUAL LOOKOUT THAT WAS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT OF THE OTHER AIRPLANE. FACTORS WERE THE DRIZZLE AND FOG AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF UPDATING THE RECORDED WEATHER INFORMATION BY ATC PERSONNEL.

Factual narrative

PENAIR FLIGHT 4266 WAS CLEARED FOR A LOCALIZER DME APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19. THE AIRPLANE BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS AT 800 FEET MSL AT 4.8 DME FROM THE AIRPORT. THE CREW IMMEDIATELY SAW AN AIRPLANE DIRECTLY IN FRONT, AND AFTER EVASIVE ACTION THE AIRPLANES PASSED WITHIN 100 FEET OF EACH OTHER. THE SPECIAL WEATHER OBSERVATION, TAKEN ONE MINUTE PRIOR TO THE NEAR MID AIR BUT NOT YET TRANSMITTED, SHOWED THE CONTROL ZONE BELOW VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. HOWEVER, THE PREVIOUS HOURLY OBSERVATION, AND THE MOST CURRENT TRANSMITTED OBSERVATION, SHOWED THAT THE CONTROL ZONE WAS UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1992_ANC92IA100.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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