- Date
- August 8, 1992, 10:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- St. Michael, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9970MCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920808029689A
- Case key
- 5769
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Probable cause
The pilot attempted VFR flight into IMC weather conditions. Contributing to the accident were the mountainous/hilly terrain, and the low ceiling weather condition.
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 airplane collided with the up slope side of a mountain, at the 500 foot level, and came to rest on the opposite side of the 1,000 foot high mountain. The pilot reported that while at cruise flight the engine sputtered, so he landed on the mountainside. No problems were found with the engine. Marginal VFR and IFR weather conditions were forecast for the area. To the immediate left of the crash site were miles of open sea level terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9970M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700769
- Airframe hours
- 8,037
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Hageland Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- Gussic Ventures
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 17, 1992 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- MOU · Mount. Village, 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 923 total · 420 in this make and model · 825 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9970M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.