# Accident 19960902025349A: Cessna U206G, Port Alsworth, AK, September 2, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1996
- Place: Port Alsworth, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HXXC
- Location: 60.1995° N, 154.2798° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1995&lon=-154.2798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733KD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733KD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC96LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960902025349A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1996, AT 1530 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 206 AIRPLANE, N733KD, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY LAKE CLARK AIR, INC., COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER AFTER ENTERING AND MANEUVERING IN A NARROW CANYON. THE AIR TAXI FLIGHT, OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 135, DEPARTED PORT ALSWORTH, ALASKA, AND THE DESTINATION WAS LAKE TAZIMINA NEAR PORT ALSWORTH.  A COMPANY VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS IN EFFECT AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT CERTIFICATED PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE ALLOWED THE PASSENGER TO TALK HIM INTO FLYING UP THE NARROW CANYON WHICH APPEARED TO BE A PASS AT THE TIME HE ENTERED.  AFTER ENTERING THE CANYON HE REALIZED HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND HE APPLIED MAXIMUM POWER.  THE TERRAIN WAS RISING STEEPLY AND HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REACH THE TOP OF THE PASS.  THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE GROUND AT THE 2,800 FOOT LEVEL OF THE PASS.  THE PILOT STATED THE PASS WAS 3,000 FEET HIGH.  AFTER THE AIRPLANE'S FLOATS HIT THE GROUND, THE AIRPLANE SLID APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET.  THE NOSE OF THE FLOATS DUG INTO TH E DIRT AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## 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 ANC96LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA135), Sep 2, 1996: Cessna 206 (N733KD), Port Alsworth, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in intering a box canyon with insufficient altitude to either execute a turn to safety or outclimb rising terrain. A factor associated…

## Other reports on N733KD (1)

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

- [Incident 19900901055839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900901055839I), Sep 1, 1990: Cessna U206G (N733KD), Koksetna, AK, Minor damage. Step taxiing for takeoff from narrow waterway. Ran into bank when blinded by sun. Right float bent.

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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