- Date
- January 11, 1984, 17:15 local (Jan 12, 1984, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wasilla, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29142Cessna 206
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840111000569A
- Case key
- 4267
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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
The acft crashed into a heavely wooded area after encountering IMC weather conditions and losing power on the engine. Heavy icing and freezing rain were reported in the area. The plt stated that he could not maintain VFR conditions on top due to raising cloud cover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29142
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U2061112
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-540, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger W. Nordlum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- GAL · Galena, AK
- Destination
- PAQ · Palmer, 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 10,000 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 9 °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 N29142 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.