- Date
- August 8, 1987, 09:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Crooked Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7371UCessna 207
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870808047459A
- Case key
- 4784
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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 acft overflew the destination due to fog. The station manager stated that after transmitting to the plt that the wx was 'zero zero', the plt stated that he would continue on to red devil and she heard it fly overhead. The first pieces of acft debris were found 9 miles south of Crooked Creek along the western shore of the kuskokwin river at a point where it widened and the surface of the water smoothed out. No impact marks were found along either shore of the river. Other plts in the area stated that the fog was down to the ground and extended approx 12 miles south of Crooked Creek. The engine, plt's seat, and acft were not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7371U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700402
- Airframe hours
- 10,015
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-470, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hermans Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hermans Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 25, 1987
- Departed
- Chuathbaluk, AK
- Destination
- CJX · Crooked Creek, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Crooked Creek
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,467 total · 167 in this make and model · 1,096 as pilot in command · 146 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 54 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.