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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 207A · Kaktovik, AK · December 19, 1985

Date: December 19, 1985 · 08:45 local
Place: Kaktovik, AK
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: AUIA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6298H
Reported as: Cessna 207A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total900 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

N6298HRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Cessna 207AS/N 20700473 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 207A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Descended into ground in darkness. Was off course but intending to fly coastline.

As the FAA filed it

DESCENDED INTO GROUND IN DARKNESS. WAS OFF COURSE BUT INTENDING TO FLY COASTLINE.