Cessna 207 accident near Kwigillingok, Alaska, February 8, 1994
On February 8, 1994 at about 9:00 pm local time, a Cessna 207, registered N6470H, was substantially damaged in an accident near Kwigillingok, Alaska (Kwigillingok airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AND HIS FAILURE TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND WHEN THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT WAS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FOG.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- February 8, 1994 · about 9:00 pm local time
- Place
- Kwigillingok, Alaska · Kwigillingok · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207 · all 207s on the register
- Registration
- N6470H · registry record · serial 20700534
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PILOT OF A SCHEDULED PART 135 COMMUTER FLIGHT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT A FOG SHROUDED AIRPORT ON A 2500 X 25 FT RUNWAY. WHEN THE PILOT VISUALLY ACQUIRED THE RUNWAY, IT WAS 100 FEET TO HIS LEFT. THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY STALLED THE AIRPLANE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN THE PLANE WITH THE RUNWAY.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 3,621 hours in all; 708 in this make and model; 306 in the last 90 days; 91 in the last 30 days; 3,496 as pilot in command; 1,502 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 12,245 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, February 7, 1994; 4 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,800 lb
- Seats: 7
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental IO-520-F (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: BET Bethel AK at 8:10 pm
- Runway 33, 2,500 ft by 25 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 800 ft
- Temperature: 30°F (-1°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Observation at 9:45 pm from BET, 75 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 5 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N6470H the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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