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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna U206G · Port Alsworth, AK · February 9, 2005

Date: February 9, 2005 · 11:10 local
Place: Port Alsworth, AK
Phase of flight: Scud Running
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N206AR
NTSB investigation: NTSBANC05LA027
Reported as: Cessna U206G
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 3
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total700 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N206ARRegistered now · Cessna U206GS/N U20604766 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna U206G Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot in command failed to maintain visual flight references with the surrounding terrain and failed to maintain a safe altitude while operating under visual flight rules in instrument meteorological conditions. As a result, he failed to maintain controlled flight and flew the airplane into the frozen surface of lake clark.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN VISUAL FLIGHT REFERENCES WITH THE SURROUNDING TERRAIN AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN A SAFE ALTITUDE WHILE OPERATING UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT, HE FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROLLED FLIGHT AND FLEW THE AIRPLANE INTO THE FROZEN SURFACE OF LAKE CLARK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ANC05LA027Accident · 3 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportPort Alsworth, AKThe pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), his improper in-flight planning and decision making, and his failure to maintain clearance from terrain while maneuvering to reverse direction at a low altitude. Factors…Feb 9, 2005 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N206AR · 1

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

Incident 20010905027419IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · AK(-23) On September 5, 2001, at 2030 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 206 float equipped airplane, N206AR, sustained substantial damage after striking a moored boat while taxiing on the kvichak river after a landing. The commercial pilot and three (3) passengers…Sep 5, 2001 · Minor damage