Beechcraft E18 crash, Jan 3, 2011, New Stuyahok
Beechcraft E18 accident on January 3, 2011 near New Stuyahok, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot misjudged the runway surface...
- Date: January 3, 2011
- Aircraft: Beechcraft E18
- Location: New Stuyahok, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot misjudged the runway surface condition, which led to an aborted landing and a collision with rising terrain during the takeoff attempt.
A Beechcraft E18S operated by Air Supply Alaska on a cargo flight from Kenai to New Stuyahok landed on an ice-covered runway that proved more slippery than the pilot expected. He aborted the landing and applied full power to take off, but the airplane could not climb over the rising terrain at the end of the runway. It struck the terrain and was substantially damaged. The pilot was not hurt.