19850516075129A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 207A · Golovin, AK · May 16, 1985

Date
May 16, 1985 · 13:45 local
Place
Golovin, AK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N73635
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC85FA085
Reported as
Cessna 207A
Reported engine
Continental IO520F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
4,280 total420 in this make and model209 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.

Encountered snow squall and turbulence flying through a mountain saddle. Flew into the side of a mountain.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED SNOW SQUALL AND TURBULENCE FLYING THROUGH A MOUNTAIN SADDLE. FLEW INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN.

NTSB investigation

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