Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair crash, Jul 29, 1992 (1 killed)
Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair accident on July 29, 1992 near Yakutat, Alaska, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot chose an unsafe altitude...
- Date: July 29, 1992
- Aircraft: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair
- Location: Yakutat, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot chose an unsafe altitude while attempting VFR flight into instrument conditions in obscured weather.
A Cessna 207 on a positioning flight from Dry Bay to Yakutat was flown at a low altitude in obscured weather and struck a mountainside at about 1,100 feet. The sole occupant, the pilot, was killed. The pilot's family said he routinely climbed into cloud on such trips and descended near home.