Cessna U206E N9407G

Summary

On 6 September 1987 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna U206E registered N9407G, operated by Paul R. Persano, was involved in an accident near Harding Glacier, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 September 1987 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Harding Glacier, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna U206E

Registration

N9407G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Paul R. Persano

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Yakutat → Soldotna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC87FA146

2 people died.

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

THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS NON-PILOT ADULT MALE PASSENGER WERE FLYING FROM MODESTO, CA, TO SOLDOTNA, AK, FOR A HUNTING TRIP. THE PILOT, WHO HAD APPROXIMATELY 164 HOURS TOTAL FLIGHT TIME AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND WHO HAD NO PRIOR FLYING EXPERIENCE IN ALASKA, WAS ATTEMPTING TO FLY OVER A MOUNTAIN RANGE IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A MOUNTAIN GLACIER AT THE 5600' LEVEL. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE REPORTEDLY LESS THAN VFR, WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE, RAIN, AND CLOUDS OBSCURING THE MOUNTAINS. THE PILOT'S FORMER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAD REPORTEDLY ADVISED HIM NOT TO UNDERTAKE THE FLIGHT DUE TO HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE AND THE POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN ALASKA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.