Ketchikan – Wrangell

On August 11, 1977 at 12:00 AM, Ketchikan – Wrangell experienced a crash involving Beechcraft H18, operated by Galaxy Aviation, with the event recorded near Wrangell Alaska.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While approaching Wrangell on a pleasure flight from Ketchikan, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions. At an altitude of 3,000 feet, the twin engine airplane struck a mountain and crashed. The wreckage was found few hours later and all six occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GWUY, MSN BA-655, year of manufacture 1963.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 56.4706°, -132.3829°.