Cold Bay - Dutch Harbor

On July 22, 1976 at 09:05 AM, Cold Bay - Dutch Harbor experienced a crash involving Volpar Turboliner 18, operated by Winship Air Services, with the event recorded near Dutch Harbor Alaska.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. On approach to Dutch Harbor, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. On final, the twin engine airplane was too low and struck the ground few miles short of runway and crashed. The aircraft was destroyed and all five occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N600WA, MSN BA-463, year of manufacture 1959.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.8868°, -166.5418°.