# NTSB ANC90LA018: Cessna 402, N67941, Kotzebue, AK, December 11, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 11, 1989, 18:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 5 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 23, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5328
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC90LA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5328/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA018

## 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

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, driver of vehicle (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), driver of vehicle (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67941](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67941-1993-05-12), registration cancelled 1993-05-12, S/N 402C0633 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402
- Registry model: [Cessna 402C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (registry code 207590R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402C0633
- Airframe hours: 5048
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19891211049899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891211049899A), Dec 11, 1989: Cessna 402C, Kotzebue, AK, Substantial damage. Intoxicated driver of a pickup truck drove in front of the taxiing aircraft whose wing smashed trucks windshield.

## Other investigations on N67941 (2)

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.

- [NTSB ANC93FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93FA013), Nov 8, 1992: Cessna 402C (N67941), Kiana, AK, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S ATTEMPT TO FLY VFR INTO IMC CONDITIONS. FACTORS WERE SNOW, WHITEOUT CONDITIONS, AND MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
- [NTSB ANC91LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA099), Jul 14, 1991: Cessna 402-C (N67941), Kiana, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT AND OVERRAN THE USABLE PORTION OF THE RUNWAY WHICH WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

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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