- Date
- February 24, 1986, 19:49 local (23:49 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8022ZCessna 206
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860224005159A
- Case key
- 4587
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The pilot was using the aircraft to commute on a weekly basis between his residence in Anchorage and to the king salmon area. The pilot received several preflight and inflight weather briefings. During the briefings the flight service station stated that VFR was not recommended. At the time of the accident the weather was IFR with blowing snow. Both the pilot and aircraft were not located.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8022Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U2060422
- Engine
- Continental IO 520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas L. Maxwell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft
- Temperature
- 7 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 7 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.