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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 207 · Skwentna, AK · September 24, 1979

Date
September 24, 1979
Place
Skwentna, AK
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6405H
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79FA097
Reported as
Cessna 207
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total152 in this make and model152 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Indicates clouds obscured pass. Course altered, flew into blind canyon. Began turn-around. Hit rising terrain.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES CLOUDS OBSCURED PASS. COURSE ALTERED, FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON. BEGAN TURN-AROUND. HIT RISING TERRAIN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.