# Accident 19850302005339A: Cessna 207, Dillingham, AK, March 2, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1985, 09:25 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 58.8204° N, 157.8593° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8204&lon=-157.8593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1715U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC85LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850302005339A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF LOW CLOUDS, HEAVY SNOWFALL. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS, TRIED TO TURN BACK. WING STRUCK SNOW, HIT GROUND

## 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 ANC85LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA049), Mar 2, 1985: Cessna 207 (N1715U), Dillingham, AK, destroyed

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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