- Date
- September 21, 1982
- Place
- Near Kotzebue, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5331XCessna U206 G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820921048109A
- Case key
- 71884
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Aircraft engine lost power over water of hotham inlet on an air taxi flight. Due to low altitude pilot had to ditch the aircraft. Aircraft sank almost immediately. Because of pilot's radio call two passengers were rescued.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5331X
- Reported as
- Cessna U206 G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605650
- Airframe hours
- 2,955
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Baker Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Baker Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- IAN · Kiana, AK
- Destination
- OTZ · Kotzebue, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,045 total · 440 in this make and model · 3,900 as pilot in command · 390 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 117 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.