- Date
- March 27, 1991, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Saint Marys, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9968MCessna 207
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910327007819A
- Case key
- 5528
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
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain VFR flight in instrument meteorological conditions while maneuvering on a VFR flight plan. Factors related to the accident was the pic's failure to evaluate the weather conditions that existed.
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.
Analysis
The pilot was conducting a VFR flight at 500 feet AGL in instrument meteorological conditions. A turn was initiated to reverse course back to the departure airport when the pilot encountered instrument flight conditions (whiteout), and subsequently collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9968M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700268
- Airframe hours
- 7,636
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Markair Express
- Registered owner
- Markair Express
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 24, 1991 · 59 hours before
- Destination
- KOT · Kotlik, 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,450 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 69 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °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.