- Date
- October 3, 1988, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kodiak, AK
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N122SCCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881003047069A
- Case key
- 5134
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - high windFactor
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While flying through a mountain pass the pilot encountered a high wind condition. The pilot lost control of the airplane, and the airplane crashed at the 900 foot level.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N122SC
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20602523
- Airframe hours
- 1,692
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Peninsula Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Orin Seybert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 21, 1988 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- Kiliuda Bay, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,700 total · 3,750 in this make and model · 6,600 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.