Nome - Unalakleet

On July 12, 1980 at 12:00 AM, Nome - Unalakleet experienced a crash involving Cessna 402, operated by Ryan Air, with the event recorded near Golovin Alaska.

The flight was categorized as 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. En route from Nome to Unalakleet, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with low ceiling, rain and fog. He decided to continue under VFR mode when the twin engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain. The wreckage was found a day later in a remote area. All eight occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N90238, MSN 402B-0817, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 64.5438°, -163.0298°.