Accident · 1997-03-25

NTSB case ANC97FA037 · Short Brothers SC7 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1997-03-25
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Short Brothers SC7 (N451SA)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Arctic Circle Air Service Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ARCTIC CIRCLE AIR SERVICE INC.

Probable cause

inadequate visual look-out by the pilots of both airplanes, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid each other's airplanes.

Source: NTSB case ANC97FA037

Flight 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.

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