# Accident 19991207046769A: Cessna 207, Bethel, AK, December 7, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1999, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 60.8099° N, 161.8497° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8099&lon=-161.8497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1747U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1747U-2006-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991207046769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 7, 1999, ABOUT 1300 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 207 AIRPLANE, N1747U, WAS DESTROYED WHEN THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH REMOTE, SNOW COVERED TERRAIN, ABOUT 49 MILES WEST OF BETHEL, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY GRANT AVIATION INC. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 135, AS A SCHEDULED COMMUTER FLIGHT 261, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, AND THE FIVE PASSENGERS ABOARD, ALL RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. COMPANY FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE BETHEL AIRPORT, BETHEL, ALASKA AT 1236, AND WAS ENROUTE TO NIGHTMUTE, TOKSSOK, AND TUNUNAK, ALASKA. WHEN THE FLIGHT FAILED TO RETURN TO BETHEL BY 1530, COMPANY PERSONNEL INITIATED A PHONE SEARCH, AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FLIGHT HAD NEVER REACHED NIGHTMUTE, THE FIRST SCHEDULED DESTINATION. A COMPANY AERIAL SEARCH WAS INITIATED AT ABOUT 1600, THE FLIGHT WAS OFFICIALLY REPORTED OVERDUE TO THE FAA AT 1713 A SEARCH WAS BEGUN AND THE FLIGHT WAS LOCATED THE NEXT DAY, DECEMBER 8, 1999 AT 1430L ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT. NO ELT SIGNAL HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE CLOSEST WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS BETHEL, ALASKA WHICH WAS REPORTING SKY CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITY, CEILING 2,000 OVERCAST; VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES; WIND;CALM, TEMPERATURE;MINUS 1 F; DEW POINT, MINUS 7.

## 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 ANC00FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA018), Dec 7, 1999: Cessna 207 (N1747U), Bethel, AK, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors associated with the accident were low ceilings, fog, and snow-covered terrain.

## Other reports on N1747U (1)

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

- [Accident 19970327003789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970327003789A), Mar 27, 1997: Cessna 207 (N1747U), Grayling, AK, Substantial damage. Clunk noise. Engine vibration on climbout. Lost power on final. Landed short. Deep snow. Engine thru rod thru case.

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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