Nome - Little Diomede Island - Tin City

On April 24, 1975 at 12:20 PM, Nome - Little Diomede Island - Tin City experienced a crash involving Britten-Norman Islander, operated by Munz Northern Airlines, with the event recorded near Tin City Alaska.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Tin City Airport, the pilot failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck the ground short of runway threshold and crashed into the snow. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and both occupants were uninjured. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were marginal with downdrafts and wind gusting to 30 knots.

Aircraft reference details include registration N591JA, MSN 57, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 65.5584°, -167.9492°.