Cessna 206H accident near Vandiver, AL
On January 12, 2001, a Cessna 206H (airplane) was involved in an accident near Vandiver, AL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 12, 2001
- Place
- Vandiver, AL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 206H · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.479°N, 86.499°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010118X00323
NTSB summary
History of Flight On January 11, 2001, at 1915 central standard time, a Cessna 206H, N2468G, registered to Air Carriers, Inc., collided with trees on top of Penitentiary Mountain in Vandiver, Alabama. The on-demand air taxi cargo flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 135 with no flight plan filed. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was destroyed, and the commercial pilot received fatal injuries. The flight departed Gainesville, Georgia, enroute to Bessemer, Alabama, at 1830. According to the operator, after the airplane was loaded with cargo, it was scheduled to depart Gainesville, Georgia, enroute to Bessemer, Alabama. A preliminary search of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control (ATC) records failed to reveal radio contact with the flight, nor did the Air Carriers, Inc., flight operations have communications with the flight. The flight was scheduled to arrive in Bessemer at 1945; it never arrived. At 2200, the operator became concerned and reported the overdue airplane to Anniston Flight Service Station. Shortly after the overdue notification, a search for the missing airplane was initiated. At 2400, an orbiting satellite identified an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal in the vicinity of the downed airplane. At 1045, on January 12, 2001, a ground search party located the downed airplane wreckage at the 1,400-foot level of Penitentiary Mountain, 25 miles east of the Bessemer Airport. Personnel information The pilot held a commercial certificate with airplane singl
Probable cause
The pilot's inflight decision to continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions resulted in the inflight collision with trees. Low ceilings and trees were factors
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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.
