- Date
- September 4, 1983, 14:54 local (21:54 UTC)
- Place
- Juneau, AK
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8173QCessna U206F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830904046479A
- Case key
- 39630
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that while on a sightseeing flt, he proceeded up the taku inlet northbound. From there, he continued up over the taku glacier while climbing to aprx 5300 ft MSL.thereafter, he turned to proceed down the mendenhall glacier & begun a descent. The plt reported that about 1 min later, he decided to initiate a climb & return to the taku glacier because the mendenhall area appeared to be closed due to wx. Reportedly, he then encountered clouds, applied full power, and shortly thereafter, the acft struck rising, glacial terrain at an elevation of about 4700 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8173Q
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 720603101
- Airframe hours
- 3,918
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc, doing business as Wings Of Alaska
- Registered owner
- Intraco Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 30, 1983 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- 5Z1 · Juneau, 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,870 total · 324 in this make and model · 1,722 as pilot in command · 439 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.