Beechcraft 1900C crash, Mar 8, 2013 (2 killed), Dillingham
Beechcraft 1900C accident on March 8, 2013 near Dillingham, Alaska, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: NTSB: the flight crew failed to maintain...
- Date: March 8, 2013
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900C
- Location: Dillingham, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB: the flight crew failed to maintain terrain clearance, leading to controlled flight into terrain in instrument conditions. Contributing were misread clearance altitudes, failure to follow the published minimum altitudes and company checklists, and an ambiguous clearance from ATC.
ACE Air Cargo Flight 51, a Beechcraft 1900C on an IFR cargo flight from King Salmon to Dillingham, struck rising terrain about 10 miles east of Aleknagik while on an RNAV approach. The crew had requested a holding pattern and an altitude clearance was misread, and both pilots were killed.