- Date
- July 2, 1988, 23:25 local (Jul 3, 1988, 07:25 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5045UCessna 206
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 5024
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 was hauling fish from remote beach sites in Alaska to a nearby gravel airstrip. Witnesses reported seeing the airplane make two approaches to the field in weather estimated as visibility 1/2 mile in fog, and a ceiling of 100-200 feet. After the two landing attempts, the airplane departed at low altitude and collided with a lighted radio tower approximately 164' above the ground. The tower was located about one mile north-east of the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5045U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2060045
- Airframe hours
- 1,870
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Albert L. Kelley
- Registered owner
- Kelley, Albert L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 1988 · 214 hours before
- Departed
- 5NK · Naknek, 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,500 total · 9,350 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 48 °F