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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 207A · Mt Mckinley, AK · June 23, 1981

Date
June 23, 1981 · 11:30 local
Place
Mt Mckinley, AK
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EMSA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6331H
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81FA069
Reported as
Cessna 207A
Reported engine
Continental IO520F
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Flew into box canyon, unable to outclimb vertical walls. Struck canyon wall and disentigrated trying to make 180.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO BOX CANYON, UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB VERTICAL WALLS. STRUCK CANYON WALL AND DISENTIGRATED TRYING TO MAKE 180.

NTSB investigation

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