- Date
- August 17, 1992, 11:52 local (19:52 UTC)
- Place
- Missing, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N216JBBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920817056159A
- Case key
- 5653
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Missing aircraft due to undetermined causes and factors
Analysis
Aircraft was on an IFR flight from homer, AK to whitehorse, yt, Canada. The pilot reported icing at 11000 ft MSL and requested a climb clearance from anchorage ARTCC. He was cleared to 12000 feet. There were no further communications. The aircraft was in vicinity of gulkana at the time of the last communications. The aircraft is not certified for flight in icing conditions. An AIRMET was current for moderate rime icing for route of flight in clouds and in precipitation.
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
- N216JB
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-8856
- Engine
- Continental O-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roth, Frank
- Registered owner
- John D. Seaton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ENA · Kenai, AK
- Destination
- CYXY · Whitehorse
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.