# Incident 20011221036899I: Cessna 207, Bethel, AK, December 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2001, 21:04 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VDQC
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91190, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91190) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011221036899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 21, 2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45 LOCAL TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 207 AIRPLANE DEPARTED BETHEL, ALASKA FOR TULUKSAK, ALASKA ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN. WHILE ENROUTE TO TULUKSAK, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED WEATHER BELOW VFR MINIMUMS AND RETURNED TO BETHEL. WHILE APPROACHING THE BETHEL AREA, THE PILOT REQUESTED A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE TO LAND AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD OUTSIDE OF THE SURFACE AREA. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ACCUMULATING ICE WHILE WAITING FOR THE CLEARANCE, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED IN BETHEL WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N91190 (4)

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

- [Incident 20210321001399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210321001399I), Mar 21, 2021: Cessna 207 (N91190), Kasigluk, AK, Minor damage. Airman was landing a Cessna 207 on runway 35 at Kasigluk. On touchdown the crosswind started pushing the airplane to the right of the runway centerline. The…
- [Incident 20000316020209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000316020209I), Mar 16, 2000: Cessna 207 (N91190), Tuntutuliak, AK, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot encountered icing conditions that were not forecast, while he was cruising in VMC under a low overcast layer. Divered to nearest airport. Due to…
- [Incident 19870313025149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870313025149I), Mar 13, 1987: Cessna 207 (N91190), Cordova, AK, Minor damage. The engine lost power and the pilot made an emergency landing on the beach. Pushrod tube had a hole rubbed in it.
- [Accident 19751126042279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751126042279A), Nov 26, 1975: Cessna 207 (N91190), Marshall, AK, Substantial damage. Downdrafts at end of rwy.

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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