# Accident 19980514013199A: Cessna 208, Nome, AK, May 14, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1998, 15:26 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BAJA
- Location: 64.7091° N, 164.6204° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7091&lon=-164.6204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N192AV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,713 total, 362 in this make and model, 325 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980514013199A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TOP CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN IN WHITEOUT. CONTIUED BFR. INTO IMC. (.4) THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, AND NINE PASSENGERS DEPARTED ON A SCHEDULED VFR COMMUTER FLIGHT FOR A DESTINATION ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. THE TERMINAL FORECAST FOR THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, LOCATED IN CLASS E AIRSPACE, WAS INDICATING A VISIBILITY GREATER THAN SIX MILES, WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 2,500 FEET. TEMPORARY CONDITIONS INCLUDED A VISIBILITY OF FIVE MILES IN LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW, WITH BROKEN CLOUDS AT 2,000 FEET. WHILE ENROUTE, AN OBSCURED CEILING BEGAN TO LOWER, AND THE PILOT SAID HE DESCENDED TO 1,000 FEET MSL. THE PILOT SAID THE VISIBILITY DECREASED TO BETWEEN THREE TO FOUR MILES, AND HE BEGAN TO FOLLOW A ROAD TOWARD THE DESTINATION. ABOUT SIX MILES NORTH OF THE DESTINATION, THE PILOT OBTAINED AN AIRPORT ADVISORY. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT WERE ONE MILE VISIBILITY IN LIGHT SNOW AND MIST, AND A CEILING OF 1,000 FEET BROKEN. THE PILOT REQUESTED A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE. AS THE IN-FLIGHT VISIBILITY DECREASED TO 1 MILE, THE PILOT SAID HE DECIDED TO BEGIN A RIGHT TURN BACK TO AN AREA OF BETTER VISIBILITY. DURING THE TURN, HE SAID HE ENTERED    WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. HE LEVELED THE WINGS OF THE AIRPLANE, AND APPLIED ENGINE POWER TO BEGIN A CLIMB. THE AIRPLANE THEN COLLIDED WITH SNOW COVERED TERRAIN, ABOUT 850 FEET MSL. THE LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT IS ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF THE CLASS E AIRSPACE.

## 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 ANC98FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98FA046), May 14, 1998: Cessna 208 (N192AV), Nome, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors in the accident were low ceilings, whiteout conditions, and snow covered terrain.

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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