Sand Point - King Salmon

On April 7, 1984 at 06:00 PM, Sand Point - King Salmon experienced a crash involving Beechcraft D18, operated by King Flying Service, with the event recorded near Egegik Alaska.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. The pilot stated the engines lost power as a result of snow ingestion and carburetor icing upon entering clouds. According to the pilot, he entered the clouds at 9,000 feet msl and encountered heavy snow. He remained IMC until approximately 100-300 feet agl when he 'broke out' into VMC flight conditions. After ditching the aircraft, the pilot and passenger swam to shore. The aircraft washed out to sea and was not recovered.

Aircraft reference details include registration N719MS, MSN A-320, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 58.2130°, -157.3735°.