Marshall - Saint Mary's

On June 16, 1986 at 07:55 PM, Marshall - Saint Mary's experienced a crash involving Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, operated by Ryan Air, with the event recorded near Saint Mary's Alaska.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot stalled the airplane while making a steep turn to avoid high voltage power lines. The airplane caught fire on impact and the air taxi pilot subsequently died of extensive thermal injuries. The pilot was flying in formation with another aircraft at low altitude. When the power lines were sighted the other aircraft successfully pulled up and avoided the wires. The accident pilot turned steeply and lost control of the aircraft before crashing.

Aircraft reference details include registration N9699M, MSN 207-0718, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 62.0524°, -163.1727°.