Anchorage - Twin Lakes

On September 12, 1975 at 04:51 PM, Anchorage - Twin Lakes experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by Ketchum Air Service, with the event recorded near Kijik Lake Alaska.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising in good weather conditions, the pilot lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed on the slope of a mountain located about 12 miles from Kijik Lake. The wreckage was found a day later and all eight occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N64392, MSN 968, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 60.3000°, -154.3296°.