- Date
- November 11, 1992, 13:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ekwok, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9237MCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19921111046369A
- Case key
- 5850
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain airspeed and inadvertently stalled the airplane. Contributing to the accident were the pilots improper in flight planning/decision, her intentional flight into known adverse weather, and the fog and icing conditions.
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 air taxi pilot lost control of the airplane and crashed during the second aborted VFR approach. While the pilot said VFR conditions existed, her passengers, and witnesses on the ground said the visibility was less than one mile. The passengers said the airplanes windshield and wings were accumulating ice before and during the approaches. The pilot could see outside only by looking out the side windows. One passenger said that during the second approach, he tapped the pilot on her shoulder and told her that the runway was on the right side of the airplane, and pointed to it. He further said that the pilot then did a very steep right turn toward the runway, during which the airplane shuddered violently, stalled and fell to the ground. The pilot said the engine would only deliver partial power during the second aborted approach. Passengers and persons on the ground said the engine sounded like it was developing full power. During post accident disassembly of the engine, no problems were found that were considered causal to a partial power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9237M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700678
- Airframe hours
- 11,011
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Stan Wren, doing business as Wren Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Stan Wren
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 19, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- KEK · Ekwok, runway 2, 2,700 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 2,200 in this make and model · 2,700 as pilot in command · 280 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °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 N9237M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.