# Accident 19930506012679A: Cessna 207, Holy Cross, AK, May 6, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1993, 15:30 local time
- Place: Holy Cross, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HERA
- Location: 62.1809° N, 159.8405° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.1809&lon=-159.8405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70364, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70364-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,395 total, 1,470 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC93FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930506012679A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES A TREE STRIKE FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE. CRASHED INTO OTHER TREES.

## 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 ANC93FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93FA060), May 6, 1993: Cessna 207 (N70364), Holy Cross, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER ALTITUDE. THE TREES WERE A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N70364 (2)

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

- [Accident 19920803029099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920803029099A), Aug 3, 1992: Cessna 207A (N70364), Pilot Station, AK, Substantial damage. Reported engine quit. Landed in a shallow lake. No cause for power loss could be found.
- [Accident 19880311016199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880311016199A), Mar 11, 1988: Cessna 207A (N70364), Ruby, AK, Substantial damage. Engine went to idle while circling over airport. Crash landed short of runway. Throttle control had broken.

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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