# Incident 19851219066519I: Cessna 207A, Kaktovik, AK, December 19, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1985, 08:45 local time
- Place: Kaktovik, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AUIA
- Location: 70.1202° N, 143.6201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kaktovik, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.1202&lon=-143.6201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6298H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6298H-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 900 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851219066519I

## Narrative

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

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

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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