19990821013369A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna U206G · Itkillik Lake, AK · August 21, 1999

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal NTSB investigation search

Date: August 21, 1999 · 13:15 local
Place: Itkillik Lake, AK
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5446X
Reported as: Cessna U206G

N5446XRegistration cancelled Apr 26, 2017 · Cessna U206GS/N U20605762 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna U206G Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft crashed under unknown circumstances and sustained substantial damage. (-23) pilot was enroute from Itkillik Lake to bettles, Alaska. He became lost, disoriented, flew up wrong river bed into box canyon. Weather worsened with fog and rain showers. No room to turn around. Pilot attempted to outclimb rising terrain, but could not. Stall horn sounded. Pilot executed controlled crash.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23) PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM ITKILLIK LAKE TO BETTLES, ALASKA. HE BECAME LOST, DISORIENTED, FLEW UP WRONG RIVER BED INTO BOX CANYON. WEATHER WORSENED WITH FOG AND RAIN SHOWERS. NO ROOM TO TURN AROUND. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN, BUT COULD NOT. STALL HORN SOUNDED. PILOT EXECUTED CONTROLLED CRASH.