Cessna 207 N36CF

Summary

On 14 November 2008 at about 21:10 local time, a Cessna 207 registered N36CF, operated by Flight Alaska, was involved in an accident near Napaskiak, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 November 2008 at 21:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Napaskiak, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Napaskiak (PAPK)

Coordinates

60.7031, -161.7783

Aircraft

Cessna 207

Registration

N36CF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flight Alaska

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Quinhagak → Napaskiak

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ANC09LA012

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather and icing conditions, and his failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to avoid a stall, resulting in a loss of control and in-flight collision with terrain while on an approach to land.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Prior to the accident flight, the operator reported that numerous flights from their base had been canceled or delayed due to poor weather earlier in the day. The weather improved in the afternoon, and the pilot departed on a commuter flight for his first destination, but did not land because of low visibility. The pilot continued to his second destination, and encountered light icing conditions while en route. After landing at his second stop, he deiced the airplane. The pilot then departed on the accident flight to return to his base, where the weather was reported as a ceiling of 500 feet overcast, with a visibility of 5 miles. After departure, the weather at the destination deteriorated, and the pilot decided to divert to an airport about 5 miles from his base. While maneuvering over the airport for landing, the pilot began a descending left turn toward the approach end of runway. The airplane stalled and mushed to the ground, about 250 feet short of the runway threshold. A postcrash fire erupted as the pilot and passenger were exiting the airplane. The pilot reported that when he arrived over the accident airport, the airplane had accumulated some ice, he was about 200 feet agl, and the visibility was about 1 mile. At the time of the accident, the destination airport was reporting, in part, a visibility of 3/4 statute mile in mist, 500 feet broken, with a temperature and dew point of 21 degrees F.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.