Cessna 207 accident near Montague Island, AK
On November 6, 1992, a Cessna 207 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Montague Island, AK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 6, 1992
- Place
- Montague Island, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 60.790°N, 145.611°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X15972
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 6, 1992, at approximately 1620 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped Cessna 207 airplane, N1686U, operated by Trail Lake Flying Service, d.b.a. Harbor Air Service of Seward, Alaska, collided with terrain on Montague Island, located about 75 miles southwest of Seward. The airline transport pilot and one passenger were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. The flight had originated at Seward to pick up hunters at Patton Bay, located on Montague Island and had arrived on the beach to coincide with low tide at approximately 1545. The accident airplane and another Harbor Air Service airplane, a Cessna 206 airplane, N999Z, flown by the company chief pilot, Captain Joe Holland, departed at approximately 1615, that airplane having arrived in Seward at 1700. The accident airplane's emergency locator transmitter (ELT) alerted search and rescue authorities. Aircraft (SAR) from the Coast Guard located the wreckage at approximately 2300 that evening and confirmed that the occupants had received fatal injuries. The unscheduled domestic passenger flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 135 when the accident occurred. Witnesses described the weather at the time of the flights to be instrument meteorological conditions. A company VFR flight plan was in effect at the time. Passengers in the Cessna 206, N999Z, told the NTSB that there were four hunters in a party which had chartered Harbor Air to fly them to and from Montague Island. Two airplanes, a Harbor Air Cessna 206 and the accident Cessna 207, landed on the beach at North Patton Bay and the pilo
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S INTENTIONAL VFR DEPARTURE INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND THE COMPANY CHIEF PILOT'S FAILURE TO EXERCISE ADEQUATE SUPERVISION. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
