# NTSB ANC91FA042: Cessna 206, N6216U, Homer, AK, March 29, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 29, 1991, 17:54 local (21:54 UTC)
- Place: Homer, AK
- Coordinates: 59.399188, -151.320297 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.3992&lon=-151.3203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC91FA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5479/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91FA042

## Probable cause

VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE, WHILE MANEUVERING OVER WATER.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  THE SNOW SHOWER AND PROBABLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - whiteout (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - terrain condition - water
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT TOOK OFF APRX 15 MI NORTHEAST OF THE HOMER ARPT.  AFTER TAKEOFF, HE CONTACTED THE HOMER TOWER & INQUIRED ABOUT THE WX AT HOMER.  HE WAS ADVISED THAT VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE ARPT, BUT THAT THERE WAS SNOW SHOWERS OF UNKNOWN INTENSITY & RESTRICTED VISIBILITY NORTH & EAST OF THE ARPT.  THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A STRAIGHT-IN APCH TO RWY 21. WHILE INBOUND, HE DISCUSSED HIS RELATIVE POSITION WITH THE PLT OF ANOTHER ACFT, WHO WAS APCHG TO LAND ON RWY 3 AT HOMER.  THE PLT (OF N6216U) RPRTD TURNING BACK OUTBOUND (AS IF TO AVOID A TRAFFIC CONFLICT).  SOON THEREAFTER, AN ELT SIGNAL WAS TRANSMITTED.  AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ACFT CRASHED IN A TIDAL BASIN.  WRECKAGE WAS FOUND IN SHALLOW WATER OVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 1/2 MI LONG BY 200 FT WIDE.  NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6216U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6216U-1994-12-28), registration cancelled 1994-12-28, S/N U20605390 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20605390
- Airframe hours: 6403
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Homer Air
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 21, 1991, 3 hours before
- Departed: NONE, BRADLEY LAKE, AK
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: HOM, Homer, runway 21, 7,401 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 4,499 total, 1,725 in this make and model, 4,300 as pilot in command, 214 in the last 90 days, 65 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 5 knots
- Temperature: 27 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HOM, 1 nm away

## 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 19910329007849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910329007849A), Mar 29, 1991: Cessna U206G, Homer, AK, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Pilot lost control circling in near zero visibility in heavy snow shower. Destroyed by impact with water.

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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