Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair crash, Apr 17, 1996, Kotze...
Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair accident on April 17, 1996 near Kotzebue-Ralph Wien Memorial, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Failure...
- Date: April 17, 1996
- Aircraft: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair
- Location: Kotzebue-Ralph Wien Memorial, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Failure of the pilot to maintain altitude and terrain clearance after spatial disorientation during the climb-out in fog, snow and flat light over snow-covered terrain.
A Cessna 207 cargo flight departing Kotzebue for Selawik took off in fog and snow with poor visual references over snow-covered terrain. After climbing to about 500 feet it banked right and descended into the ground in a wing-and-nose-low attitude. The pilot survived and no mechanical fault was found.