Cessna 402 crash, Apr 1, 1987 (2 killed), Anchorage-Merri...
Cessna 402 accident on April 1, 1987 near Anchorage-Merrill Field, Alaska, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Fuel management, with the auxiliary...
- Date: April 1, 1987
- Aircraft: Cessna 402
- Location: Anchorage-Merrill Field, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel management, with the auxiliary tanks not selected before the engine quit, according to the ASN narrative.
A Cessna 402 (N967JW) operated by Wilbur's Flight Operations crashed in heavily wooded terrain on a night VFR approach to Merrill Field, Anchorage, Alaska, on 1 April 1987. The captain and his only passenger were killed.