Bethel - Kako Mine

On June 23, 1990 at 02:10 PM, Bethel - Kako Mine experienced a crash involving Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant, operated by North Star Air Cargo, with the event recorded near Kako Mine Alaska.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The non-scheduled, all cargo, air taxi flight was landing at the mining strip and upon touchdown the pilot-in-command released the yoke with his left hand and grabbed the nose steering tiller. The pilot-in-command stated that before he could apply reverse thrust, the nose of the airplane came up off the ground and the airplane began to veer to the right. He applied left rudder and power to the right engine, but the airplane left the right side of the runway.

Aircraft reference details include registration N50GA, MSN 1856, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 61.9011°, -161.4422°.