Beech BE-99 accident near Allakaket, Alaska, October 19, 1991
On October 19, 1991 at about 10:43 pm local time, a Beech BE-99, registered N299GL, was substantially damaged in an accident near Allakaket, Alaska (Allakaket airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 9 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND MISJUDGED THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT ON THE RUNWAY. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN AND A SNOWBANK.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 19, 1991 · about 10:43 pm local time
- Place
- Allakaket, Alaska · Allakaket · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 9 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech BE-99
- Registration
- N299GL · no longer on the register · serial U102
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE AIRPLANE CRASHED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY BY 340 FEET. AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON THE SNOW-COVERED TUNDRA, THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED FOR 1,000 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE WEATHER WAS PARTIAL OBSCURED WITH 5 MILES OF VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor, flight engineer
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 17,653 hours in all; 293 in this make and model; 230 in the last 90 days; 90 in the last 30 days; 16,609 as pilot in command; 1,201 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 34,379 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, October 18, 1991; 5 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 10,900 lb
- Seats: 17
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: P&W PT-6-A27 (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: FAI Fairbanks AK at 4:46 pm
- Flight plan: VFR
- Runway 35, 3,020 ft by 100 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Temperature: 23°F (-5°C), dew point 16°F (-9°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 7 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N299GL the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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