Accident Database

Report ID#63942

2009-09-14
accident date
Jaymes H. Schoenberg
victim
22
victim age
Atigun/Sagavanirktok
river
Dalton Hwy Bridge to Slope Mt. Road Camp
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
II
river difficulty
Flush Drowning
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Cold Water, Inadequate Equipment, Poor Planning, Inexperience
factors
Private
trip type
Packraft
boat type
status?
status

Description

Jaymes H. Schoenberg (22) and a partner used packrafts to cross the swollen Sagavanirktok River en route to Arctic Village. Jaymes overturned his boat and was quickly separated from his partner. He was not wearing a PFD. https://thingstolucat.com/2019/08/15/packraft-fatalities/ Fairbanks Daily News Miner, page 1 and 6 https://fairbanks-daily-news-miner.newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/2009-07-14/page-1/ https://fairbanks-daily-news-miner.newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/2009-07-14/page-6/