- Date
- December 11, 1989, 18:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 5 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N67941Cessna 402
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19891211049899A
- Case key
- 5328
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
Physical impairment of the vehicle driver, from consumption of alcohol, which resulted in a collision with the airplane. The vehicle and dark night were considered to be related factors.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67941
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402C0633
- Airframe hours
- 5,048
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Baker Aviation, doing business as Baker Aviation
- Registered owner
- Baker Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 9, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- IAN · Kiana, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OTZ · Ralph Wien Memorial, runway 35, 3,800 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,975 total · 920 in this make and model · 3,815 as pilot in command · 370 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTZ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N67941 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.