- Date
- January 5, 1993, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Scammon Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7373UCessna 207A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930105000159A
- Case key
- 5859
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilots failure to follow VFR procedures. A factor was the whiteout snow condition.
Analysis
During a long straight in approach the airplane collided with the terrain approximately 2 miles short of the runway, during whiteout snow conditions. The pilot said there was no ground vegetation to give him a depth perception, and that he was maintaining a constant indicated altitude using his altimeter.
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
- N7373U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700423
- Airframe hours
- 3,080
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hageland Aviation Services,Inc
- Registered owner
- Gussic Ventures
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 26, 1992 · 8 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 12,800 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 12,500 as pilot in command · 234 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 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 N7373U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.