Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair crash, Sep 20, 2000 (1 killed)
Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair accident on September 20, 2000 near 47 Mile Creek, Alaska, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot's decision to...
- Date: September 20, 2000
- Aircraft: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair
- Location: 47 Mile Creek, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot's decision to initiate visual flight into dark night instrument meteorological conditions, with a low ceiling and self-induced pressure to return to base as factors.
A Cessna 207 cargo flight departed a remote lodge airstrip at 47 Mile Creek in darkness and low cloud, bound for Aniak. The pilot was flying into dark instrument conditions shortly after takeoff and struck a mountain. The pilot was killed and the wreckage was found later in daylight.