# Accident 20170727012649A: Cessna U206G, Port Alsworth, AK, July 27, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2017, 09:23 local time
- Place: Port Alsworth, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: METC
- Location: 60.3714° N, 154.2422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.3714&lon=-154.2422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1749R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1749R-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 873 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC17FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170727012649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LAKEHOOD AIRSTRIP IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA AT 0800 ON JULY 27, IN A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA U206 AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE HAD ONE PILOT, A LOAD OF LUMBER AND INSULATION BOUND FOR A REMOTE LODGE ON THE MULCHATNA RIVER, ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT ALSWORTH, ALASKA . THE OPERATOR RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ALASKA RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER AT 0924 INDICATING A SIGNAL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE AIRCRAFTS 406 MHZ EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER. AN AERIAL SEARCH MISSION WAS CONDUCTED. THE BURNING AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS DISCOVERED IN A FORESTED AREA OF THE MILLER CREEK DRAINAGE ABOUT 1205. INSTRUMENT METOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AT PORT ALSWORTH 35 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED.  THE AIRMAN PERISHED IN POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 ANC17FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17FA039), Jul 27, 2017: Cessna U206 (N1749R), Port Alsworth, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of visual reference and subsequent controlled flight into terrain.…

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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