Elmendorf – Juneau

On November 12, 1992 at 09:10 AM, Elmendorf – Juneau experienced a crash involving Beechcraft C-12 Huron, operated by United States Army, with the event recorded near Mt Chilkat Alaska.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew started the descent to Juneau Airport in poor weather conditions. At an altitude of 2,600 feet, while cruising in clouds, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located in the Chilkat Mountain Range, about 38 miles northwest of Juneau Airport. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all eight occupants were killed among them General Thomas C. Carroll, second Chief of Staff of the USAF in Alaska. Crew: Col Thomas Clark, pilot, Cwo John Pospisil, copilot. Passengers: Sfc Richard E. Brink, Gen Thomas C. Carroll, Mg Kenneth W. Himsel, Sgm Llewellyn A. Kahklen, Sgt Michael J. Schmidt, Col Wilfred E. Wood.

Aircraft reference details include registration 85-1261, MSN BP-52, year of manufacture 1985.