Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair crash, May 30, 2015 (1 killed)
Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair accident on May 30, 2015 near Bethel, Alaska, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: NTSB (ANC15FA032): the pilot's...
- Date: May 30, 2015
- Aircraft: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair
- Location: Bethel, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: NTSB (ANC15FA032): the pilot's failure to maintain altitude, resulting in collision with terrain, with carbon monoxide impairment as a contributing factor; the CO source could not be determined because the wreckage could not be completely recovered.
On 30 May 2015 a Yute Air Cessna 207 took off from Bethel, Alaska, on a post maintenance test flight to break in six new engine cylinders. Recorded ADS B data showed the airplane below 500 ft for most of the flight, and it struck terrain in a remote area about 40 miles southeast of Bethel, where the wreckage was found submerged in a river. Postmortem tests showed 21 percent carboxyhemoglobin in the pilot, and the NTSB found carbon monoxide exposure impaired him and contributed to his failure to keep clearance from terrain.