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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Chitina, Alaska 99566
Tuesady, August 17, 1999 16:15 AKD
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The accident airplane departed as the lead airplane in a flight of two airplanes on a cross-country flight from Alaska to Canada. Both airplanes were listed on one VFR flight plan. The accident airplane is missing and presumed to have crashed in a remote area of mountains. The commercial pilot is presumed to have sustained fatal injuries. The last communication from the accident airplane was when the pilot reported '10 miles from the border' to the second airplane. When the pilot of the second airplane observed poor weather conditions in the area of intended flight, he diverted to an intermediate U.S. airport not listed on the original flight plan, and attempted to close his portion of the flight plan. Flight service station personnel at the intermediate U.S. airport did not find the two airplane flight plan in their computer system, and did not notify the departure or destination facilities of a change in the flight plan. Consequently, the flight plan remained open. The ETA of the flight passed, and flight service station personnel at the Canadian destination began initial search inquiries. Shortly after the ETA expired, the second airplane pilot filed a new VFR flight plan to a Canadian destination, and the original flight plan for both airplanes was then closed by Canadian personnel. The following day, the second airplane pilot did not locate the first airplane along the original plan route and alerted search personnel. A search for the missing airplane in Alaska and Canada was suspended after 21 days.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Undetermined.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/17/1999 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1615 |
| Event Time Zone | -- |
| Event City | CHITINA |
| Event State | ALASKA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 99566 |
| Event Date Year | 1999 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Partial - limited by pilot |
| Investigator's weather source | Witness |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 6500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 50 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 170 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1623 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Aug 19 1999 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 827 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 28 2002 3:17PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\JOHB |
| Basic weather conditions | -- |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N56877 |
| NTSB Number | ANC99FAMS2 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | -- |
| Aircraft Explosion | -- |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Piper |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28R-200 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-28R-200 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 28R-7435055 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2650 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | ROBERT W. REID |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 778 NORMANDY CT. |
| Aircraft Owner City | FAIRFIELD |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 94533 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | PAMR |
| Departure City | ANCHORAGE |
| Departure State | AK |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1338 |
| Departure Time Zone | ADT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | CYXY |
| Destination City | WHITEHORSE |
| Destination State | CD |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Unknown |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 28 2002 3:17PM |
| User who most recently changed record | JOHB |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |