Accident · 2006-10-13
What the record says
- Event date
- 2006-10-13
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207 (N7336U)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Flight Alaska Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Flight Alaska Inc.
Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude during the landing approach, which resulted in an undershoot and in-flight collision with a river embankment. Factors contributing to the accident were reduced visibility due to rain and mist.
Source: NTSB case ANC07LA003Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.