Cessna 206H N2468G

Summary

On 12 January 2001 at about 01:15 local time, a Cessna 206H registered N2468G was involved in an accident near Vandiver, Alabama, 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

12 January 2001 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Vandiver, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Bessemer (EKY)

Coordinates

33.4794, -86.4992

Aircraft

Cessna 206H

Registration

N2468G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gainesville → Bessemer

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL01FA019

1 person died.

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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Read the full NTSB narrative

The cargo flight was scheduled to arrive at the destination airport at 1945; but it never arrived. When the operator became concerned, he reported the overdue airplane to the local FAA Flight Service Station. After the search for the missing airplane was initiated, an orbiting satellite identified an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal in the vicinity of the downed airplane. The following morning, a ground search party located the downed airplane wreckage at the 1,400-foot level of Penitentiary Mountain. A review of weather data and witness accounts, revealed that low ceilings were present at the accident site at the approximate time of the accident. The pilot had not filed a flight plane nor had he received a recent weather briefing before departing on the last leg of the flight. No mechanical problems were discovered during the post-crash examination of the airplane

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