- Date
- May 16, 1985, 13:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Golovin, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73635Cessna C-207A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850516075129A
- Case key
- 4406
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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
According to the pilot-in-command, he was attempting to fly through a mountain saddle. As he turned towards the mountain and began his climb the weather deteriorated rapidly with ceilings zero, visibility zero and severe turbulence. The airplane struck the side of a 1707 foot high mountain at the 1590 foot level on a magnetic heading of 015 degrees. The pilot-in-command stated that just prior to impact he could not see anything.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73635
- Reported as
- Cessna C-207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700610
- Airframe hours
- 5,132
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- David Olson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 2, 1985 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- GLV · Golovin, AK
- Destination
- ELI · Elim, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Unknown
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,280 total · 420 in this make and model · 4,150 as pilot in command · 209 in the last 90 days · 79 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 24 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OME, 71 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.