# Accident 19810623035659A: Cessna 207A, Mt Mckinley, AK, June 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1981, 11:30 local time
- Place: Mt Mckinley, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EMSA
- Aircraft: N6331H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810623035659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC81FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA069), Jun 23, 1981: Cessna 207 (N6331H), Mt Denali, AK, destroyed, 5 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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