Cessna 206 accident near Kenai, Alaska, December 3, 1994
On December 3, 1994 at about 11:30 am local time, a Cessna 206, registered N5282U, was substantially damaged in an accident near Kenai, Alaska. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). 1 person was killed. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
UNDETERMINED.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 3, 1994 · about 11:30 am local time
- Place
- Kenai, Alaska · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person was killed.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 206 · all 206s on the register
- Registration
- N5282U · no longer on the register · serial U2060282
- 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
VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND THE DESTINATION. THE WEATHER REPORTS INDICATED THAT CONDITION WERE LOWER TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. THE DESTINATION AIRPORT WAS SOUTHEAST. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED KENAI CARRYING MAIL/CARGO. THE ANCHORAGE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER PLOTTED A PRIMARY TARGET THAT TRAVELED SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE KENAI PENINSULA. THE PRIMARY TARGET DISAPPEARED APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 2 MILES OFFSHORE OVER COOK INLET AT ANCHOR POINT ABEAM HAPPY VALLEY. NO WRECKAGE HAS BEEN RECOVERED.
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, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instrument: airplane; rotorcraft: helicopter
- Flight time: 6,638 hours in all; 2,865 in this make and model; 209 in the last 90 days; 82 in the last 30 days; 5,606 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2,695 hours
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme, November 18, 1994; 50 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,600 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental IO-520-F (piston); 0 hours total
- Not recorded
- Operator: South Central Air
The flight
- Departed from: ENA AK at 10:55 am
- Destination: HOM Homer AK
- Flight plan: VFR
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: night, dark
- Wind: from 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 4,500 ft; scat at 1,500 ft
- Temperature: 37°F (3°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Observation at 9:55 am from HOM, 15 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N5282U the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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