# Accident 19960805020949A: Cessna P206, Nome, AK, August 5, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1996, 08:00 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.5057° N, 165.4153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nome, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5057&lon=-165.4153&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFRVD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,134 total, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960805020949A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED IN A MOUNTAIN PASS, TOPS OBSCURED RAIN AND FOG IN AREA. VFR IN AREA NOT ADVISED. (.4) THE PILOT, WHO WAS PROVIDING VOLUNTEER PILOT SERVICES, WAS FAMILIAR WITH TERRAIN AND METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT. HE FUELED THE AIRCRAFT THE EVENING BEFORE THE FLIGHT, RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING, FILED A FLIGHT PLAN, AND DEPARTED  FOR HIS DESTINATION.  THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH OF THE DEPARTURE POINT.  ACCORDING TO SEARCH AND RESCUE PERSONNEL, THE WEATHER IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE SEARCH WAS MARGINAL, WITH MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION, AND LOW CEILINGS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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