# Accident 20090214025049A: Construccio C-212-CC, Kotzebue, AK, February 14, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2009, 11:03 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wein Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UATA
- Location: 66.8847° N, 162.5986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8847&lon=-162.5986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N440RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N440RA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Construcciones Aeronauticas C-212-CC (registry code 2410204, https://openairdocs.org/model/construcciones-aeronauticas-c-212-cc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONSTRUCCIO C-212-CC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,360 total, 4,035 in this make and model, 227 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090214025049A

## Narrative

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

PTRS #AL01200901225FLIGHT 1240 WAS RETURNING TO KOTZEBUE THE ATIS WAS CHECKED AND THE VISIBILITY WAS 6 STATUTE MILES. THE VISIBILITY DETERIORATED TO 1 1/4 MILES, A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE WAS OBTAINED AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED FOR LEFT TRAFFIC RUNWAY 9 AT KOTZEBUE. AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED FROM BASE LEG TURNING FINAL THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT HE HAD THE FSS BUILDING AND ROTATING BEACON IN SITE, A SHORT WHILE LATER HE LOST VISUAL REFERENCE. HE THEN ASKED THE COPILOT IF HE COULD SEE THE BUILDING AND HE SAID NO. THE CO-PILOT THEN MADE A 50 FOOT ALTITUDE CALL AND THE CAPTAIN INITIATED A GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCARFT WAS ALREADY CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE SEA ICE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 9. VISIBLITY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT HAD DETIORATED TO 1/4 MILE.

## 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 ANC09LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA019), Feb 14, 2009: Construcciones Aeronauticas C-212-CC (N440RA), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's decision to continue flight into adverse weather. Contributing to the accident was blowing snow which limited their visibility during final approach to land.

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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