# NTSB ANC88LA081: Cessna 206, N5045U, Naknek, AK, July 3, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 2, 1988, 23:25 local (Jul 3, 1988, 07:25 UTC)
- Place: Naknek, AK
- Coordinates: 58.800567, -156.900588 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8006&lon=-156.9006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5024
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC88LA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5024/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA081

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - altitude - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - electrical tower(marked)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5045U-2014-10-14), registration cancelled 2014-10-14, S/N 206-0045, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna 206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (registry code 2073302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2060045
- Airframe hours: 1870
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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