Saab 2000 - Runway Excursion
(Alaska)
A Saab 2000, registered N686PA, was substantially damaged when it experienced a runway excursion after landing at Unalaska Airport (PADU/DUT), Dutch Harbor, Alaska. There were no reported "major" injures to the occupants onboard.  https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20191017-0 Back to Top |
At Least 4 Injured After PenAir Plane Goes Off Runway Near
Unalaska's Airport The scene near Unalaska's airport, photographed on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 17. At least four people are injured after a PenAir flight arriving from Anchorage went off the runway near Unalaska's airport on Thursday evening. As numerous police officers and emergency medical service providers responded to the scene, Interim Police Chief John Lucking declined to answer questions while the response was underway. But when Mayor Frank Kelty asked if there were any casualties, Lucking replied, "no." While arriving at the airport at 6 p.m., KUCB saw an ambulance leaving for the clinic with its lights flashing. Then, between 6 and 6:40 p.m., KUCB saw three more people taken away in ambulances on stretchers. All three people were conscious and sitting upright, with at least one holding an ice pack. It's unclear how serious their injuries are. City Manager Erin Reinders said all passengers and airline crew on the flight manifest were accounted for, according to a report by first responders, though she wasn't sure how many people were on the Saab 2000 plane in total. Reinders said she was at the airport to welcome the evening flight, which brought Cordova's school swim team, as well as speaker Heath Day, who's scheduled to lead a teen workshop for Unalaska's United Method Church on Saturday. Reinders is an Unalaska swim team coach and Methodist church leader. She said Day and all visitors from Cordova are unharmed. "We watched one [landing] attempt, and [the plane] was going with the wind, [approaching] from the Hog Island side [of Mount Ballyhoo]," said Reinders. "Then it went back up [for] a second attempt. It went with the wind again. It did land, so all the wheels were on the ground. And then it wasn't stopping. It was slowing down, and it was apparent that it was slowing down, but it wasn't stopping." "I don't know if it was coming [too] fast or if it wasn't able to break [enough] or if there was a gust," continued Reinders. "That stuff - it wasn't readily apparent." A spokesperson for Ravn Alaska, which bought PenAir in 2018, declined to comment when reached by phone around 9:10 p.m. "We don't have anything to release at this time," said spokesperson Debbie Reinwand. "I'm working with the Ravn emergency operations center right now." KUCB couldn't reach any officials with the National Transportation Safety Board or Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday night. Meanwhile, three passengers on the flight said that there was intense turbulence as they approached Unalaska and that the plane seemed to be moving very fast. Asked if the pilots made any announcements at that time, one passenger said there were none. After the landing, Kelty said he saw the pilots apparently unharmed and "walking around" outside the airport. He said they went to the police station to give interviews to the authorities. Fire Captain and EMT Mike Hanson gathered passengers inside the airport to evaluate injuries and facilitate ambulances for those in need of treatment, asking everyone else to leave. A photograph taken by Unalaska resident Megan Thomson-Dean (above) shows a LifeMed Alaska medevac flight arriving at the airport. It's unclear if anyone has been medevaced off the island. As of 8 p.m., the nose of the plane was tipped over the edge of the roadside near the airport and onto rocks above the water. It did not appear to be in the water. Unalaska's Department of Public Safety has announced a road closure for the area. The public is asked to avoid Airport Beach Road between Delta Way and Tundra Drive. The department is also asking the public to avoid using cell phones. "Public Safety is currently responding to an emergent incident and phone lines need to be cleared during such," said a 5:24 p.m. department announcement. "We ask for your cooperation during this time."  https://www.kucb.org/post/least-4-injured-after-penair-plane-goes-runway-near-unalaskas-airport#stream/0 Back to Top |
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