- Date
- August 11, 1989, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tanana, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6370HCessna 207-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890811028759A
- Case key
- 5237
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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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's improper inflight planning and decisions. He flew into weather that was known to be adverse, and the environmental conditions adversely affected his ability to safely complete the flight.
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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Weather condition - fogCause
Flight into known adverse weather - intentionalCause
Psychological conditionFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Weather condition - turbulenceFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6370H
- Reported as
- Cessna 207-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700497
- Airframe hours
- 6,680
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Warbelow, Charles, doing business as 40 Mile Air, Ltd
- Registered owner
- 40 Mile Air Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1989 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- HSL · Huslia, 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 4 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 55 °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.