Bethel - Nightmute

On May 7, 1987 at 02:15 PM, Bethel - Nightmute experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, operated by Yute Air Alaska, with the event recorded near Nightmute Alaska.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was destroyed when the aircraft struck a 350 foot high hill along its route. This flight was a part 135 on-demand air taxi cargo flight. Several other air taxi operators and company aircraft elected to cancel their flights. Both ground reports and pilot reports stated the weather in the area of the accident was ceilings below 500 feet and visibility less than one mile. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N54265, MSN 31-7405213, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 60.4794°, -164.7239°.