# Accident 20110813018709A: Cessna 207, Mcgrath, AK, August 13, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2011, 17:00 local time
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: B7TA
- Location: 63.1019° N, 156.9903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.1019&lon=-156.9903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91099, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91099-2018-01-29) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 20,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110813018709A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS IN A FLIGHT OF TWO AIRCRAFT THAT DEPARTED MCGRATH FOR ANIAK AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00 PM.   THE OTHER AIRCRAFT TOOK A SOUTHERLY ROUTE DUE TO WEATHER AND SUCCESSFULLY LANDED IN ANIAK.  THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT TOOK A DIRECT ROUTE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES WEST OF MCGRATH ON A SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN.   A PASSENGER THAT WAS SEATED IN THE FRONT RIGHT SEAT STATED: AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MCGRATH, THE AIRCRAFT FLEW CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE GROUND UNTIL IT WENT INTO A WHITEOUT CONDITION.  HE SAW THE MOUNTAIN MOMENTS BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE MOUNTAIN.   THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. FOUR PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

## 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 ANC11FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11FA077), Aug 14, 2011: Cessna 207 (N91099), McGrath, AK, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an in-flight collision with mountainous terrain.

## Other reports on N91099 (1)

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

- [Accident 20060514010109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060514010109A), May 14, 2006: Cessna 207 (N91099), Akiachak, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft landed at Akiachak enroute to tuluksak, AK. Pilot and three passengers deplaned, two tuluksak bound passengers remained on board. While parked…

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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