King Salmon - Kodiak

On September 17, 1978 at 12:00 AM, King Salmon - Kodiak experienced a crash involving Cessna 411, operated by Viking Air Services, with the event recorded near Kodiak Alaska.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

While approaching Kodiak on a taxi flight from King Salmon, the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Shelikof Strait located off Kodiak. SAR operations were conducted and eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the three occupants was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration N1EC, MSN 411-0094, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 57.7902°, -152.4067°.