De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Aug 7, 1994 (6 killed)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on August 7, 1994 near Miners Point, Alaska, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: The pilot intentionally entered...
- Date: August 7, 1994
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Miners Point, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot intentionally entered instrument meteorological conditions while flying VFR; contributing was the operator's inadequate procedures for continued VFR flight in marginal weather and fog.
A VFR sightseeing charter flight from Kodiak to Karluk Lake ran into heavy fog and flew into instrument conditions, then struck terrain near Miners Point. Six of the seven occupants died; one passenger survived. The NTSB found that the pilot deliberately continued into marginal weather and that the operator's procedures did not address VFR flight in such conditions.