# Accident 19930105000159A: Cessna 207A, Scammon Bay, AK, January 5, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1993, 14:10 local time
- Place: Scammon Bay, AK
- Airport: Scammon Bay Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUC
- Location: 61.7893° N, 165.9609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7893&lon=-165.9609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7373U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7373U) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,800 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 234 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC93LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930105000159A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED WHITE OUT NEAR DESTINATION. HAD AIRPORT INSIGHT BUT FLEW INTO DEEP SNOW SHORT OF AIRPORT.

## 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 ANC93LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA024), Jan 5, 1993: Cessna 207A (N7373U), Scammon Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOTS FAILURE TO FOLLOW VFR PROCEDURES. A FACTOR WAS THE WHITEOUT SNOW CONDITION.

## Other reports on N7373U (2)

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

- [Incident 20231118017309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231118017309I), Nov 18, 2023: Cessna 207A (N7373U), Napakiak, AK, Minor damage. After a 135 revenue leg, the PIC decided to change seats with the trainee and perform part 91 training: power-off 180 approach to landing. Maneuver was started…
- [Accident 20020301003219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020301003219A), Mar 1, 2002: Cessna 207A (N7373U), Kotlik, AK, No damage. (-23) On March 1, 2002, at about 1430 Alaska standard time, a Cessna CE-207-A, N7373U, piloted by michael b. olson, a commercial rated pilot and registered to…

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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