Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant crash, Mar 25, 1997 (1 killed)
Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant accident on March 25, 1997 near Nunapitchuk, Alaska, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Inadequate visual lookout by the...
- Date: March 25, 1997
- Aircraft: Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant
- Location: Nunapitchuk, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both aircraft, so neither saw and avoided the other.
An Arctic Circle Air Service Short SC.7 Skyvan collided in mid-air with a Grant Aviation Cessna 207A near Nunapitchuk, Alaska, while climbing from an uncontrolled airstrip. Both aircraft fell onto a frozen lake and burned, and the pilots died.