# Accident 20010111000959A: Cessna 206H, Bessemer, AL, January 11, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2001, 19:15 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DKBA
- Location: 33.4794° N, 86.4992° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4794&lon=-86.4992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2468G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2468G-2013-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206H (registry code 2073301, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206H
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010111000959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 11, 2001, AT 1915 CDT. A CESSNA 206H, N2468G, PILOTED BY WILLIAM G. OLIVER, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND A MOUNTAIN TOP APPROX. 28 DME ON THE 125 DEGREE RADIAL FROM VULCAN VOR (VUZ). THE FLIGHT DEPARTED GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA (GLV) AT 1830 HOURS AND WAS A 14 CFR 135 CARGO FLIGHT HAULING BANK CHECKS FOR AIR CARRIERS, INC. (DKBA) EN ROUTE TO BESSEMER, ALABAMA (EKY). THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN ON FILE AND WEATHER REPORTS FOR THE TIME INDICATE THAT THE FLIGHT WAS VFR IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.                 (.4) THE CARGO FLIGHT WAS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT AT 1945; BUT IT NEVER ARRIVED. WHEN THE OPERATOR BECAME CONCERNED, HE REPORTED THE OVERDUE AIRPLANE TO THE LOCAL FAA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. AFTER THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING AIRPLANE WAS INITIATED, AN ORBITING SATELLITE IDENTIFIED AN EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT) SIGNAL IN THE VICINITY OF THE DOWNED AIRPLANE. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, A GROUND SEARCH PARTY LOCATED THE DOWNED AIRPLANE WRECKAGE AT THE 1,400-FOOT LEVEL OF PENITENTIARY MOUNTAIN. A REVIEW OF WEATHER DATA AND WITNESS ACCOUNTS, REVEALED THAT LOW CEILINGS WERE PRESENT AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT HAD NOT FILED A FLIGHT PLANE NOR HAD HE RECEIVED A RECENT WEATHER BRIEFING BEFORE DEPARTING ON THE LAST LEG OF THE FLIGHT. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE POST-CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 ATL01FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01FA019), Jan 12, 2001: Cessna 206H (N2468G), Vandiver, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inflight decision to continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions resulted in the inflight collision with trees. Low ceilings and trees were factors

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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