Cessna TU-206G N4820U

Summary

On 29 September 1998 at about 20:45 local time, a Cessna TU-206G registered N4820U, operated by Robert E. Hamilton, was involved in an accident near Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 September 1998 at 20:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Ketchikan, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

55.6107, -131.5803

Aircraft

Cessna TU-206G

Registration

N4820U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert E. Hamilton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Bellingham

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC98FA168

1 person died.

The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing factors were low ceilings and mountainous/hilly terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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Prior to departing on a VFR cross-country flight along a planned coastal route, the private pilot obtained a weather briefing. The weather conditions along the route, which the pilot had flown several times, consisted of low ceilings and low visibility in rain and mist. AIRMETs were in effect for IFR conditions, mountain obscuration, turbulence, and low level wind shear. After departure, no distress communication was received from the pilot, and the airplane did not arrive at its destination. A search for the airplane in the U.S. and Canada was unsuccessful until four days after departure. The airplane was located about 900 feet msl on an island, 9 miles south of the departure airport. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a postcrash fire.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.