De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Aug 18, 1985 (4 killed)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on August 18, 1985 near Tutna Lake, Alaska, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: In flight collision with terrain...
- Date: August 18, 1985
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Tutna Lake, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: In flight collision with terrain during maneuvering, with mountainous terrain, poor in flight planning and decisions by the pilot in command, and failure to maintain altitude as contributing factors, according to the NTSB (ANC85FA154).
An Alaska Air Guides de Havilland Beaver on a charter from Anchorage to Tutna Lake, to drop caribou hunters, struck a mountainside about three miles short of the lake at about 2,200 feet on 18 August 1985. All four occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.