PenAir Flight 3296
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PenAir Flight 3296 (marketed as Alaska Airlines Flight 3296 under a codeshare agreement with Alaska Airlines) was a domestic scheduled flight from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, to Unalaska Airport on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska. On October 17, 2019, the Saab 2000 operating the flight overran the runway after landing at its destination airport. Of the 42 passengers and crew on board, one passenger (identified as David Allan Oltman) was fatally injured when a propeller blade penetrated the fuselage, one was seriously injured and ten suffered minor injuries.[1] The aircraft was substantially damaged during the accident and written off.[2]
Accident | |
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Date | October 17, 2019 |
Summary | Runway excursion |
Site | Unalaska Airport, Amaknak Island, Alaska |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Saab 2000 |
Operator | PenAir d/b/a Alaska Airlines |
IATA flight No. | 7H3296 |
ICAO flight No. | NLA3296 |
Call sign | PENINSULA 3296 |
Registration | N686PA |
Flight origin | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |
Destination | Unalaska Airport |
Occupants | 42 |
Passengers | 39 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 1 |
Injuries | 11 |
Survivors | 41 |