# Accident 20160831025252A: Cessna GRAND CARAVAN, Russian Mission, AK, August 31, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2016, 10:00 local time
- Place: Russian Mission, AK
- Airport: Russian Mission
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 61.7981° N, 161.4989° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7981&lon=-161.4989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N752RV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N752RV-2016-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140 (registry code 51499, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA GRAND CARAVAN
- Reported engine: PRATT & WHITTNEY PT6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,810 total, 12,800 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160831025252A

## Narrative

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

INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALS THAT, AFTER TAKEOFF AND DURING LEVEL FLIGHT AT A POINT APPROXIMATLY 6 NM WNW OF RUSSIAN MISSION, ALASKA, SUBJECT CESSNA 208 CARAVAN COLLIDED NEARLY HEAD ON WITH A PIPER PA-18 AT ABOUT 1000 FEET AGL. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED ON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. FAA INVESTIGATION WAS LIMITED TO OBSERVING AND PHOTOGRAPHING THE CRASH SITE FROM A HOVERING HELICOPTER DUE TO  VEGETATION AND TERRAIN WHICH PRECLUDED LANDING. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES OR SURVIVORS. WRECKAGE IS BEING RELOCATED TO WASILLA, ALASKA FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION AND INVESTIGATION. SEE ALSO FAA INVESTIGATION AAL-09-16-018 CONCERNING THE PIPER PA-18.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N82452, Piper PA-18-150: [Accident 20160831017492A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160831017492A)

## 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 ANC16FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16FA061), Aug 31, 2016: Cessna 208 (N752RV), Russian Mission, AK, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other while in level cruise flight, which resulted in a midair collision.

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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