- Date
- December 15, 1985, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Napaskiak, AK
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6497HCessna C-207
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19851215062119A
- Case key
- 4585
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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, the weather at his destination was deteriorating so he diverted to Napaskiak where he encountered freezing drizzle rain and fog. While attempting to align himself with the runway for a landing to the south, the windshield iced over so he was unable to keep the runway in sight. He decided to leave the area in search of better weather so he added power and the airplane crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6497H
- Reported as
- Cessna C-207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700545
- Airframe hours
- 6,353
- Engine
- Teledyne Cont IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ryan Air Service
- Registered owner
- Ryan Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 5, 1985 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- DUY · Kongiganak, AK
- Destination
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- PKA · Napaskiak, runway 19, 2,400 × 45 ft, snow
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,568 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 2,411 as pilot in command · 399 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BET, 5 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.