Anchorage - Anchorage

On June 23, 1981 at 12:00 AM, Anchorage - Anchorage experienced a crash involving Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, operated by Wilbur's Flight Operations, with the event recorded near Denali National Park Alaska.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The single engine airplane departed Anchorage on an on-demand charter flight over the Denali National Park, carrying one pilot and four tourists. While flying between 8,000 and 13,000 feet near circular end of box canyon, the pilot flew into blind canyon when the airplane struck peaks obscured by clouds and crashed. The wreckage was found few hours later and all five occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N6331H, MSN 207-0486, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 63.7302°, -148.8921°.