- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 06, 1977
Time: 1452
Location: Mt. Iliamna, Alaska
Operator: Alaska Aeronautical Industries
Flight #: 302
Route: Iliamna - Anchorage
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
Registration: N563MA
cn / ln: 196
Aboard: 13   (passengers:11  crew:2)
Fatalities: 13   (passengers:11  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed in level flight into Mt. Iliamna glacier at 7,000 feet. Failure of the flight crew to use proper navigational procedures for the route being flown especially their failure to use the available backup means of navigation to verify the position and progress of the flight. Recovery of bodies or wreckage not possible.
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