Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair crash, Nov 29, 2011 (1 killed)
Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair accident on November 29, 2011 near Chuathbaluk, Alaska, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot lost situational...
- Date: November 29, 2011
- Aircraft: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair
- Location: Chuathbaluk, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot lost situational awareness and became spatially disoriented after inadvertently entering instrument conditions in heavy snow, then collided with terrain.
A Cessna 207 on a night positioning flight to Chuathbaluk met a snow squall that cut visibility at the airport. It climbed to about 700 ft, then turned into a shallow descent and struck tree-covered terrain about 2 miles short of the airport. The pilot was killed, and examination found no mechanical fault.