Cessna TU-206G accident near Ketchikan, AK
On September 29, 1998, a Cessna TU-206G (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ketchikan, AK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 29, 1998
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna TU-206G · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 55.611°N, 131.580°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10969
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 29, 1998, at an estimated time of 1245 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna TU-206G airplane, N4820U, collided with steep terrain about 9.2 miles southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country personal flight when the accident occurred. The airplane, operated by the pilot, was destroyed by impact and postimpact fire. The certificated private pilot, the sole occupant, received fatal injuries. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area of the accident. A VFR flight plan was filed. The flight originated at the Ketchikan International Airport, at 1226 en route to Bellingham, Washington. A personal friend of the pilot reported that the pilot was traveling to Torrance, California, after closing a lodge near Copper Center, Alaska, for the winter. The pilot departed Anchorage, Alaska, on September 28, 1998, and stopped in Ketchikan. On September 29, 1998, at 0957:01, the pilot telephoned the Ketchikan Flight Service Station (FSS), to get a weather briefing for his flight to Bellingham, and asked, "...this stuff going to lift or anything today?" The flight service station specialist commented, "...probably not." The specialist inquired if the pilot was planning a VFR or IFR flight. The pilot replied, "oh I can go IFR,...but I'm not real excited about it." The specialist then provided an abbreviated weather briefing for the coastal region of southeast Alaska and Canada. The weather information included frontal weather moving onto the north gulf coast and southeast pan
Probable cause
The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing factors were low ceilings and mountainous/hilly terrain.
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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.
