# NTSB ANC92LA119: Cessna 207, N94AK, Funter Pass, AK, August 6, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1992, 11:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Funter Pass, AK
- Coordinates: 58.580158, -134.769348 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5802&lon=-134.7693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5766
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC92LA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5766/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA119

## Probable cause

THE PILOTS INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT, AND HIS INADVERTENT VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS.  CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE CLOUDS.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly
  - vfr flight into imc - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE FLYING THROUGH A PASS, IN VFR CONDITIONS, 'A CLOUD OF UNDETERMINED SIZE SUDDENLY AND INEXPLICABLY APPEARED IN FRONT OF ME'.  HE TURNED TO ATTEMPT TO GET OUT OF THE CLOUD, AND CRASHED INTO THE MOUNTAINSIDE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94AK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94AK-1993-01-21), registration cancelled 1993-01-21, S/N 20700770, built 1984 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Registry model: [Cessna 207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (registry code 2073605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520-F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (registry code 17237, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700770
- Airframe hours: 9280
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 3, 1992, 13 hours before
- Departed: HNH, HOONAH, AK
- Destination: JNU, JUNEAU, AK
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 2,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 1,863 as pilot in command, 295 in the last 90 days, 99 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 18° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: JNU, 11 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 19920806029539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920806029539A), Aug 6, 1992: Cessna 207A, Funter Pass, AK, Substantial damage. Trying to negotiate a Pass VFR flew into a cloud. Made descending 180 and struck mountainside.

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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