# Accident 20170501015059A: Cessna 208B, Perryville, AK, May 1, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2017, 13:35 local time
- Place: Perryville, AK
- Airport: Port Heiden
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 56.1403° N, 158.8050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.1403&lon=-158.8050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N803TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N803TH-2017-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,930 total, 904 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC17FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170501015059A

## Narrative

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

CESSNA 208B AIRCRAFT, N803TH, CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET WHILE ENROUTE ON GRANT AVIATION FLIGHT GV340/341 BETWEEN PORT HEIDEN ALASKA AND PERRYVILLE ALASKA.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED DURING THE CRASH.

## 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 ANC17FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17FA021), May 1, 2017: Cessna 208B (N803TH), Chignik Lake, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into an area of mountainous terrain and instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). Contributing to…

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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