# NTSB ANC82FA094: Cessna U206 G, N5331X, Near Kotzebue, AK, September 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 21, 1982
- Place: Near Kotzebue, AK
- Coordinates: 67.239761, -161.189468 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.2398&lon=-161.1895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71884
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82FA094
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71884/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82FA094

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5331X-1983-05-20), registration cancelled 1983-05-20, S/N U20605650 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206 G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20605650
- Airframe hours: 2955
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820921048109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820921048109A), Sep 21, 1982: Cessna U206G, Kotzebue, AK, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Evidence indicates crankshaft failure caused pilot to ditch in inlet. Was too low to make shore. No flotation device

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.

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