# Accident 19880701024749A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Naknek, AK, July 1, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1988, 23:25 local time
- Place: Naknek, AK
- Airport: Naknek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.7347° N, 157.0252° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAKNEK (5NK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.7347&lon=-157.0252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5045U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5045U-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880701024749A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT IN IFR CONDITIONS TRYING TO LAND WITHOUT INSTRUMENT APPROACH AIDS. HIT RADIO TOWER AT AIRPORT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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