Cessna 206 N4877Y

Summary

On 23 August 1984 at about 04:40 local time, a Cessna 206 registered N4877Y was involved in an accident near Viekoda Bay, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 August 1984 at 04:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Viekoda Bay, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 206

Registration

N4877Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Kodiak

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC84LA144

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BEFORE TAKING OFF, THE PLT HAD BECOME PREOCCUPIED WITH PUMPING WATER FROM THE FLOATS & ALLOWED THE ACFT TO DRIFT DOWNWIND FROM A FISHING VESSEL. HE THEN ELECTED TO TAKEOFF INTO THE WIND WHICH WAS ALSO DIRECTLY TOWARD THE SUN. AFTER MAKING A NORMAL ROUGH WATER TAKEOFF, THE ACFT HAD CLIMBED TO ABOUT 30 FT AGL WHEN THE PLT SAW THE SILOUETTE OF THE FISHING VESSEL'S RIGGING IN THE SUN GLARE. HE TRIED TO AVOID A COLLISION, BUT WAS UNABLE. THE ACFT HIT A MAST ON THE VESSEL, THEN CRASHED IN THE BAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.