# Accident 20171016020019A: Cessna 210-5, Russian Mission, AK, October 16, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2017, 18:06 local time
- Place: Russian Mission, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6400° N, 161.4456° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6400&lon=-161.4456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8347Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8347Z-2019-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5 (registry code 2073404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC18FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171016020019A

## Narrative

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

ACCIDENT PILOT WAS A NEW AND INEXPERIENCED PILOT (APPX 175 HOURS TOTAL TIME), AS WELL AS INEXPERIENCED TO FLYING IN ALASKA (MOVED TO ALASKA IN APRIL OF 2017) AND DEALING WITH  RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. WEATHER WAS FOGGY AND CHANGING RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ACCIDENT PILOT WAS SUPPOSED TO FLY WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER, ACCIDENT PILOT ADDED MORE FUEL TO HIS AIRCRAFT AND TOOK OFF APPX 20 MINUTES AFTER OTHER AIRCRAFT. ACCIDENT PILOT BEING VERY UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AND NOT BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER AIRCAFT, GOT LOST. NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WERE HEARD FROM ACCIDENT PILOT. ACCIDENT SITE WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 17, 2017.

## 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 ANC18FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18FA003), Oct 16, 2017: Cessna 210 (N8347Z), Russian Mission, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of control.

## Other reports on N8347Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19780408006029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780408006029A), Apr 8, 1978: Cessna 210H (N8347Z), Mammoth Lakes,C, CA, Substantial damage

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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