- Date
- June 16, 1986, 19:55 local (Jun 17, 1986, 03:55 UTC)
- Place
- Saint Marys, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9699MCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860616025319A
- Case key
- 4594
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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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 stalled the airplane while making a steep turn to avoid high voltage power lines. The airplane caught fire on impact and the air taxi pilot subsequently died of extensive thermal injuries. The plt was flying in formation with another acft at low alt. When the pwr lines were sighted the other acft successfully pulled up and avoided the wires. The acc plt turned steeply and lost control of the acft before crashing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9699M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2070718
- Airframe hours
- 3,858
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Ryan Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1986 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- MLL · Marshall, AK
- Destination
- KSM · Saint Marys, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- KSM · Saint Marys
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, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,644 total · 2,293 in this make and model · 2,632 as pilot in command · 282 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KSM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.