# Accident 19960417009059A: Cessna U206G, Whittier, AK, April 17, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1996, 14:55 local time
- Place: Whittier, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IUJA
- Location: 60.8510° N, 148.0306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8510&lon=-148.0306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N244PL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N244PL-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC96LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960417009059A

## Narrative

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

AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT PLANE ENTERED SNOW COVERED PASS INTO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. BEGAN 180 AND IMPACTED ON A GLACIER.

## 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 ANC96LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA051), Apr 17, 1996: Cessna 206G (N244PL), Whittier, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors in the accident were low ceilings and whiteout 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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