Accident Cessna 207 N94AK, Thursday 6 August 1992

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Date:	Thursday 6 August 1992
Time:	12:15 LT
Type:	Cessna 207
Owner/operator:	Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc
Registration:	N94AK
MSN:	20700770
Year of manufacture:	1984
Total airframe hrs:	9280 hours
Engine model:	Continental IO-520
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Funter Pass, AK - United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Hoonah, AK (HNH)
Destination airport:	Juneau, AK (JNU)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE FLYING THROUGH A PASS, IN VFR CONDITIONS, 'A CLOUD OF UNDETERMINED SIZE SUDDENLY AND INEXPLICABLY APPEARED IN FRONT OF ME'. HE TURNED TO ATTEMPT TO GET OUT OF THE CLOUD, AND CRASHED INTO THE MOUNTAINSIDE.

Probable Cause: THE PILOTS INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT, AND HIS INADVERTENT VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE CLOUDS.

Accident investigation: