Accident: Cessna 208B
May 1, 2017 · Chignik Lake, AK
NTSB numberANC17FA021Event id20170502X12758
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into an area of mountainous terrain and instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). Contributing to the accident was the company's failure to provide the pilot with CFIT-avoidance recurrent simulator training as required by their CFIT avoidance program and the company's inadequate flight risk assessment processes, which did not account for the known weather hazards relevant to the accident route of flight.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Cessna 208B
- Registration
- N803TH
- Year built
- 1992
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 135: commuter and on-demand
- Defining event
- Enroute VFR encounter with IMC
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Chignik Lake Airport (KCQ)7 nm (13 km) north
- Chignik Lagoon Airport (KCL)14 nm (25 km) north-east
- Chignik Bay Seaplane Base (KBW)16 nm (30 km) north-east
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