Togiak – Dillingham

On August 3, 1980 at 04:15 PM, Togiak – Dillingham experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, operated by Yute Air Alaska, with the event recorded near Togiak Alaska.

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

9 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 22.2%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Few minutes after takeoff from Togiak while on a taxi flight to Dillingham, the pilot encountered foggy conditions in a valley. He attempted to make a climb turn when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain. The pilot and a passenger were killed while seven other occupants were injured. The aircraft was totally destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N433GR, MSN 291, year of manufacture 1959.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 59.0619°, -160.3764°.