# Accident 19900625026689A: Cessna 207A, Seward, AK, June 25, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1990, 14:30 local time
- Place: Seward, AK
- Airport: Seward
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TLFA
- Location: 60.0499° N, 149.3300° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0499&lon=-149.3300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9985M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9985M-1991-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073605, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-F (registry code 17237, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC90FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90FA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900625026689A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK SIDE OF ROCKY SURFACE OF MOUNTAIN. CLOUDS OBSCURED MOUNTAIN PASSES. WRECKAGE BURNED FELL DOWN STEEP SLOPE.

## 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 ANC90FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90FA101), Jun 25, 1990: Cessna 207A (N9985M), Aialak Bay, AK, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S ATTEMPT TO FLY UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WHILE IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE LOW CEILING AND SURROUNDING MOUNTAINOUS…

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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