Accident · 2007-12-18
What the record says
- Event date
- 2007-12-18
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- CESSNA 208B (N5187B)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Arctic Circle Air Service Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Arctic Circle Air Service Inc.
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to adequately remove frost contamination from the airplane, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent collision with terrain during an emergency landing after takeoff.
Source: NTSB case ANC08LA027Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.