# Accident 20000205042079A: Cessna U206G, Iliamna, AK, February 5, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2000, 15:50 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Airport: Iliamna
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EONA
- Location: 59.8492° N, 154.5592° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8492&lon=-154.5592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756HG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756HG-2013-04-16) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 81 in this make and model, 154 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000205042079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FEBRUARY 5, 2000, AT 1550, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 206 AIRPLANE, N756HG, WAS DESTROYED WHEN THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH REMOTE, SNOW COVERED TERRAIN, 30 MILES WEST OF ILIAMNA. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY ILIAMNA AIR TAXI INC. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 135, ON DEMAND, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND FIVE PASSENGERS, ALL RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. FLIGHT SERVICE FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ILIAMNA AIRPORT, ILIAMNA ALASKA AT 1531 ENROUTE TO KOLIGANEK, ALASKA. FLIGHT SERVICE NOTIFIED THE COMPANY THAT THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS OVERDUE. A COMPANY AERIAL SEARCH WAS INITIATED AT 1800, THE FLIGHT WAS OFFICIAL REPORTED OVERDUE TO THE FAA AT 1930 A SEARCH WAS BEGUN AND THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT LOCATED THE NEXT DAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2000 AT 1309 ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT. NO ELT HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE CLOSEST WEATHER REPORTING STATION IS ILIAMNA, ALASKA REPORTED CEILING BROKEN AT 4200, OVERCAST 4900, VISIBILITY OF 10 MILES; WIND 150/10, TEMP/DEWPOINT 2/0.

## 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 ANC00FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA024), Feb 5, 2000: Cessna U206G (N756HG), Iliamna, AK, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's attempted flight into adverse weather, and his failure to maintain altitude/clearance above the snow-covered tundra. Factors associated with the accident were snow, rain, and whiteout…

## Other reports on N756HG (1)

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

- [Accident 19980517009469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980517009469A), May 17, 1998: Cessna U206G (N756HG), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. Nosed over in high surface wind turning onto taxiway after landing. Wind got under tail. (.4)the solo commercial pilot was returning to Iliamna, Alaska, after…

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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