# Accident 19891211049899A: Cessna 402C, Kotzebue, AK, December 11, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1989, 18:20 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BAJA
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67941, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67941-1993-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,975 total, 920 in this make and model, 370 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC90LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891211049899A

## Narrative

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

INTOXICATED DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRUCK DROVE IN FRONT OF THE TAXIING AIRCRAFT WHOSE WING SMASHED TRUCKS WINDSHIELD.

## 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 ANC90LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA018), Dec 11, 1989: Cessna 402 (N67941), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT OF THE VEHICLE DRIVER, FROM CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL, WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH THE AIRPLANE. THE VEHICLE AND DARK NIGHT WERE CONSIDERED TO BE RELATED FACTORS.

## Other reports on N67941 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19921108045869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921108045869A), Nov 8, 1992: Cessna 402C (N67941), Kiana, AK, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Flew into side of cloud obscured mountain. Had prior same type but survivable accident. Was off course for a gap.
- [Accident 19910713027299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910713027299A), Jul 13, 1991: Cessna 402C (N67941), Kianaon, AK, Substantial damage. Part of runway under construction. Landed on last portion open runway,ran onto closed portion,hit dirt windrows.

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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