- Date
- January 14, 1987, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9395MCessna 207A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870114000559A
- Case key
- 4764
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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
Wx conds on the day of the acdnt were rprtd to be extremely variable. Initially, when the plt obtained a wx briefing, VFR flt was not rcmdd. Later, the wx improved & the plt elected to proceed on the flt. While en route, he enctrd snow showers & dscndd to 500' AGL to insure best visibility. The plt stated that without warning, he enctrd a snow squall & white-out conds while he was flying over a ridge immediately west of the kustatan river. He attempted a 180 turn, but the acft crashed on snow covered terrain. One occupant, an infant, died from impact injuries. The survivors were locatedabout 21 hrs after the acdnt. The ELT sw was fnd in the 'off' psn; no ELT signal was heard by other plts. Another plt who enctrd wx at about the same time & place diverted to another arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9395M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700685
- Airframe hours
- 4,470
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Michael J. Osolnik
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 13, 1986 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- 5NN · Nondalton, AK
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,443 total · 61 in this make and model · 1,299 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.