- Date
- August 12, 1985, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain Villag, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9480MCessna C-207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850812038849A
- Case key
- 4543
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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 pilot-in-command was aware of the weather he was operating in and intended to fly through a locally well known pass. He misidentified the pass and found himself in a narrow valley. There was insufficient width to effect a 180 degree turn and the rising valley floor continued into the clouds which obscured the Mountain tops. The pilot elected to land the airplane straight ahead on an 80 percent slope.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9480M
- Reported as
- Cessna C-207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700696
- Airframe hours
- 47,706
- Engine
- Continental IO 520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Hermans Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1985 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- KSM · St Mary'S, AK
- Destination
- KOT · Kotlik, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,394 total · 613 in this make and model · 1,322 as pilot in command · 248 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 43 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.