# NTSB Accident ANC90LA045
> **AEROSPATIALE SA-315B** · 1990-04-06 · TRADING BAY, AK, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC90LA045
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22829
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1990-04-06
- **Location:** TRADING BAY, AK, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 4
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 5
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AEROSPATIALE
- **Model:** SA-315B
- **Registration:** N37903
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC).   FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  SNOW COVERED TERRAIN, ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS,  AND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION OF THE PILOT, DUE TO LACK OF VISUAL CURE DURING THE LANDING.

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