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Cessna 207 N7371U

8 August 1987 · Crooked Creek, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 8 August 1987 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna 207 registered N7371U, operated by Hermans Air Inc., was involved in an accident near Crooked Creek, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Crooked Creek, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Crooked Creek
Coordinates
61.8591, -157.9908
Aircraft
Cessna 207
Registration
N7371U
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Hermans Air Inc.
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Chuathbaluk → Crooked Creek
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC87FA117

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 0 0 0

Probable cause

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

THE ACFT OVERFLEW THE DESTINATION DUE TO FOG. THE STATION MANAGER STATED THAT AFTER TRANSMITTING TO THE PLT THAT THE WX WAS 'ZERO ZERO', THE PLT STATED THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE ON TO RED DEVIL AND SHE HEARD IT FLY OVERHEAD. THE FIRST PIECES OF ACFT DEBRIS WERE FOUND 9 MILES SOUTH OF CROOKED CREEK ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE KUSKOKWIN RIVER AT A POINT WHERE IT WIDENED AND THE SURFACE OF THE WATER SMOOTHED OUT. NO IMPACT MARKS WERE FOUND ALONG EITHER SHORE OF THE RIVER. OTHER PLTS IN THE AREA STATED THAT THE FOG WAS DOWN TO THE GROUND AND EXTENDED APPROX 12 MILES SOUTH OF CROOKED CREEK. THE ENGINE, PLT'S SEAT, AND ACFT WERE NOT RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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