# Accident 19990821013369A: Cessna U206G, Itkillik Lake, AK, August 21, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1999, 13:15 local time
- Place: Itkillik Lake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5446X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5446X-2017-04-26) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990821013369A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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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