- Date
- January 10, 1982, 17:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Quinhagak, AK
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N756YNCessna U206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820110000669A
- Case key
- 72330
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Enroute the center seat passenger unfastened his seat belt and crawled up between the two front seats. While approaching Quinhagak the pilot had difficulty making the passenger return to his seat. After finally getting the passenger settled down he turned around and discovered he had flown into a cloud layer and could no longer see the lights of the village. While descending through the cloud layer to pick up the city lights the aircraft flew into the ground and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756YN
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 04464
- Airframe hours
- 1,619
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Tri-City Air Service
- Registered owner
- Tri-City Air Service
- Departed
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Destination
- KWN · Quinhagak, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 15,841 total · 123 in this make and model · 15,467 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 45° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N756YN · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.