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San Carlos Indian Reservation Reconnaissance Aircraft Accident Fatalities 1997

  • Incident Information:

    Attachment Size
    San Carlos Indian Reservation Reconnaissance Aircraft Accident Fatalities NTSB Final Report.pdf (794.87 KB) 794.87 KB

  • Location:

    Arizona

  • Date:

    06/03/1997

  • Incident Type:

    Fixed Wing Incident

  • Description:

    On June 3, 1997, about 1040 hours mountain standard time, a Beech 95-B55, N8KB, collided with terrain during a routine fire reconnaissance of the San Carlos Indian Reservation (SCIR), San Carlos, Arizona. The aircraft was being operated by Safford Aviation, under an exclusive use contract to the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a public-use aircraft. The mission was a routine fire patrol. The aircraft was destroyed during the impact sequence and subsequent postcrash fire. The certificated commercial pilot and his observer received fatal injuries.

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