ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276249
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| Date: | Saturday 5 March 2022 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna U206F Stationair |
| Owner/operator: | Send North |
| Registration: | N1853Q |
| MSN: | U20602943 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9139 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Iliamna Lake, 8 miles SW of Iliamna, near Newhalen, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Levelock, AK (9Z8) |
| Iliamna Airport, AK (ILI/PAIL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The operator reported that the pilot had diverted to an alternate airport due to weather. As the flight approached the alternate airport, the weather had deteriorated, and the pilot requested a Special VFR clearance. The flight continued to follow the lake shoreline and the pilot recalled circling once while waiting for the clearance.
Prior to reaching 'the mouth of the river', the pilot made the decision to divert to another alternate airport, due to the visibility getting worse as they approached the airport. As the pilot began to make an approximate 20° right hand turn over the frozen, snow-covered lake, he noticed the airplane was losing altitude and remembers increasing power and pitch, around this point he 'switched to instruments'. The passenger recalled looking to his right and remarked it was like looking at a 'white sheet of paper' with the sky blending with the frozen lake. Moments later, the airplane impacted the snow-covered ice while in the turn to the right.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. The operator reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot experiencing a loss of visual reference and subsequent controlled flight into terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC22LA022
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N1853Q
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N1853Q/history/20220305/2056Z
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2022 21:01 | Geno | Added |
| 07-Mar-2022 01:57 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2022 06:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Mar-2022 16:17 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Category] |
| 07-Mar-2022 17:02 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Departure airport] |
| 09-Sep-2022 13:21 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 09-Sep-2022 13:28 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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