# Accident 20000920041809A: Cessna 207, Aniak, AK, September 20, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2000, 08:00 local time
- Place: Aniak, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: B7TA
- Location: 61.0403° N, 157.1730° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.0403&lon=-157.1730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42472, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42472-2001-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000920041809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT PICKED UP SOME CARGO AT A REMOTE HUNTING CAMP AND DEPARTED FOR ANIAK. LOW CLOUDS WERE IN THE AREA OBSCURING THE HILLS. A FEW MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE THE PEOPLE IN THE CAMP REPORTED THEY HEARD THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TERRAIN. A SECOND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TO LOOK FOR THE FIRST AND COULD NOT FIND IT BECAUSE IT WAS LOCATED IN TERRAIN ABOVE THE CLOUD BASES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LATER LOCATED BY THE CAMP HUNTERS AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE CRASH WAS FATAL TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT.

## 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 ANC00FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA128), Sep 20, 2000: Cessna 207 (N42472), Aniak, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to initiate visual flight into dark night instrument meteorological conditions. Factors associated with the accident are a low ceiling, a dark night, the pilot's failure to…

## Other reports on N42472 (1)

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

- [Incident 20000324002069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000324002069I), Mar 24, 2000: Cessna 207 (N42472), Akiachak, AK, Minor damage. (-23) On the second takeoff of the day from Akiachak, Alaska, pilot in command experienced a sudden 6 knot increase of airspeed which lifted the aircraft up an…

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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