- Date
- April 13, 1990, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9964MCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900413008819A
- Case key
- 5356
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain the proper altitude.
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
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Analysis
While maneuvering at a low level, the airplane struck a snow bank. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9964M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700766
- Airframe hours
- 6,850
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bering Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 11, 1990 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- WLK · Selenik, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 19 °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.