De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Sep 12, 1975 (8 killed)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on September 12, 1975 near Kijik Lake Alaska, United States with 8 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control by the pilot...
- Date: September 12, 1975
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Kijik Lake Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control by the pilot while flying a heavily loaded aircraft at an altitude too low to recover, after an inadvertent stall while distracted by sightseeing
A Ketchum Air Service Beaver carrying National Park Service employees on an orientation flight from Anchorage crashed on a mountainside about 11 nautical miles north of Kijik Lake. All eight people aboard were killed. The NTSB linked the crash to a stall at low altitude in a heavily loaded aircraft.