Accident | |
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Date | 8 March 2013 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Muklung Hills, 17 miles NE of Dillingham, Alaska 59°19′34″N 158°17′49″W / 59.326°N 158.297°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Beechcraft 1900C-1 |
Operator | Alaska Central Express |
ICAO flight No. | AER51 |
Call sign | ACE AIR 51 |
Registration | N116AX |
Flight origin | King Salmon Airport, King Salmon, Alaska |
Destination | Dillingham Municipal Airport, Dillingham, Alaska |
Occupants | 2 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 2 |
Survivors | 0 |
Alaska Central Express Flight 51 was an Alaska Central Express flight from Anchorage to King Salmon and Dillingham, Alaska. On 8 March 2013, the Beechcraft 1900C-1 serving the flight crashed into a mountain on approach to Dillingham Airport, killing both crew members on board.