Cessna 206 accident near Kenai, AK
On December 3, 1994, a Cessna 206 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kenai, AK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 3, 1994
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 206 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 60.660°N, 150.899°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X02668
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 3, 1994 at 0730 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped Cessna 206 airplane, N5282U, registered to Vern L Loftstedt of Kenai, Alaska and operated by South Central Air also of Kenai, disappeared during a flight from Kenai to Homer, Alaska. The non-scheduled air taxi flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 135, departed Kenai at 0655. A visual flight rules flight plan was filed and the destination was Homer. Kenai and Homer had visual meteorological conditions, however, there were snow showers en route. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the presumed accident area based upon the last radar returns provided by Anchorage Center. The airline transport certificated pilot, the sole occupant, is missing and presumed fatal. The airplane has not been recovered and is presumed to have crashed into Cook Inlet near Anchor Point, Alaska. According to information provided by the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, they tracked an aircraft that departed the Kenai Airport at the time the accident airplane departed. The airplane was "squawking code 1200" until 3 miles south of Kenai. The radar returns then became primary target returns. The primary target returns were followed and the returns ceased approximately 1 to 2 miles off shore near Anchor Point abeam Happy Valley. The airplane never reached Homer. Search and Rescue has not produced any wreckage or ELT signals. WITNESSES There are no known witnesses to the accident INJURIES TO PERSONS The Pilot is presumed to have received fatal injuries. The body has not been recovered. DAMAGE TO AIRCR
Probable cause
UNDETERMINED.
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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.
