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Cessna 206 accident near St. Johns, Ca, December 19, 1998

On December 19, 1998, a Cessna 206, registered UNK, was destroyed in an accident near St. Johns. It was a ferry flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 1 person was killed. The weather was conditions the NTSB did not record.

The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged

The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.

Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.

What the record shows

Date
December 19, 1998
Place
St. Johns, Canada
Type
Accident
Injuries
1 person was killed.
Weather
conditions the NTSB did not record
Aircraft
Cessna 206 · all 206s on the register
Registration
UNK · no longer on the register
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Ferry flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)

The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

The aircraft

  • Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
  • Landing gear: fixed
  • Not recorded

The flight

  • Flight plan: not recorded
  • Runway 0

Weather at the time

  • Light: not reported
  • Sky: not recorded; not recorded
  • Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)

Injuries

FatalSeriousMinorNone
Crew1

Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report

The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.

Other NTSB records under UNK the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time

2025-07-19OPS25LA052 · incident near Minot, ND · no injuries
2021-07-31DCA21WA205 · incident near Perth, outside the U.S.
2021-05-07GAA21WA111 · accident near Estepona · destroyed · fatal
2019-12-05DCA20IA034 · incident near Los Angeles, CA · no injuries
2017-09-13DCA17WA198 · accident near Adelaide · serious injuries
2017-01-20DCA17WA066 · incident near Darlot · minor damage · no injuries
2016-12-15OPS17IA008 · incident near San Francisco, CA
2016-12-12DCA17WA065 · incident near Adelaide · no injuries
2015-08-04DCA15WA174 · incident near Toronto
2014-04-29OPS14IA007 · incident near Powhatan, VA · minor damage · minor injuries

Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.