# Accident 19950320008179A: Cessna 207A, Bethel, AK, March 20, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1995, 11:55 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YAAA
- Location: 60.8474° N, 161.7913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8474&lon=-161.7913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1719U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1719U-2014-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,434 total, 158 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC95LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950320008179A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED HEAVY SNOW SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE. DURING 180 TO RETURN FLEW INTO SNOW COVERED TERRAIN.WHITEOUT FACTOR

## 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 ANC95LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA036), Mar 20, 1995: Cessna 207A (N1719U), Bethel, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS AND A FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS 'WHITEOUT' WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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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