Palmer - Palmer

On June 8, 1976 at 04:45 PM, Palmer - Palmer experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by Civil Air Patrol, with the event recorded near Palmer Alaska.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Few minutes after takeoff from Palmer, the pilot elected to gain height when the single engine airplane struck a mountain ridge and crashed. A passenger was killed while both other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N5141G, MSN 468, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 61.5996°, -149.1111°.