# Accident 19980929027909A: Cessna TU206G, Ketchikan, AK, September 29, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1998, 12:45 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.6107° N, 131.5803° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.6107&lon=-131.5803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4820U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4820U-2013-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98FA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98FA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980929027909A

## Narrative

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

(.23) MR. HAMILTON FILED A FLIGHT PLAN WITH KTN FSS AND DEPARTED KTN FOR BELLINGHAM, WA. HE FAILED TO MAKE ANY POSITION REPORTS AND DID NOT ARRIVE AT HIS DESTINATION.  SEARCH PROCEDURES WERE INTITATED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED ON "ANNETTE ISLAND", APPROX. 10 SM SE OF KETCHIKAN.  IT WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT AND A POST FIRE CONSUMED THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE, MINUS THE EMPONAGE.  THE PILOT/OCCUPANT WAS FOUND (DECEASED) IN THE WRECKAGE.  WEATHER AT THE TIME VS. THE IMPACT SITE INDICATES THAT THIS WAS A "CFIT" ACCIDENT, VMC INTO IMC CONDITIONS.  (.4) PRIOR TO DEPARTING ON A VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ALONG A PLANNED COASTAL ROUTE, THE PRIVATE PILOT OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING.  THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG THE ROUTE, WHICH THE PILOT HAD FLOWN SEVERAL TIMES, CONSISTED OF LOW CEILINGS AND LOW VISIBILITY IN RAIN AND MIST.  AIRMETS WERE IN EFFECT FOR IFR CONDITIONS, MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION, TURBULENCE, AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR.  AFTER DEPARTURE, NO DISTRESS COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE PILOT, AND THE AIRPLANE DID NOT ARRIVE AT ITS DESTINATION.  A SEARCH FOR THE AIRPLANE IN THE U.S. AND CANADA WAS UNSUCCESSFUL UNTIL FOUR DAYS AFTER DEPARTURE.  THE AIRPLANE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 900 FEET  MSL ON AN ISLAND, 9 MILES SOUTH OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND A POSTCRASH FIRE.

## 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 ANC98FA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98FA168), Sep 29, 1998: Cessna TU-206G (N4820U), Ketchikan, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing factors were low ceilings and mountainous/hilly 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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