Plane Crash List

Cessna 206 N756YN

16 July 1979 · Barrow, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 July 1979 at about 09:30 local time, a Cessna 206 registered N756YN, operated by Jen-Air, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Barrow, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 09:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Barrow, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 206
Registration
N756YN
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Jen-Air
Operating rule
Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight
Ferry
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Barrow, Ak → Okpiksou River, Ak
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-2306

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

LANDED ON WRONG GRAVEL BAR ABOUT 10 MI SHORT OF DESTN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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