# Accident 20010417039879A: Cessna 207A, Mountainvillage, AK, April 17, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mountainvillage, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.1456° N, 163.9333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.1456&lon=-163.9333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6476H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6476H-2007-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 667 total, 113 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01TA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01TA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010417039879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 14, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 207 AIRPLANE, BEING OPERATED VFR, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAG WHEN IT CRASHED IN IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS PUBLIC USE FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA STATE TROOPERS. THE PRIVATE CERTIFICATED PILOT DID NOT HAVE INSTRUMENT PRIVILEGES ON HIS CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT BETHEL, ALASKA, WITH A DESTINATION OF PILOT STATION AND HAD JUST DEPARTED KOTLIK, AS AN INTERMEDIATE STOP. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REALIZED HE WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE YUKON RIVER AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A MID-AIR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. HE INITIATED A TURN TOWARDS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER AND LOST VISUAL REFERENCE WITH THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN CRUISE CONFIGURATION.

## 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 ANC01TA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01TA047), Apr 17, 2001: Cessna 207 (N6476H), Mtn. Village, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions while maneuvering. Factors in the accident were low ceilings, snow showers, whiteout conditions, and snow-covered terrain.

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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