Dillingham - New Koliganek

On July 20, 1992 at 09:22 AM, Dillingham - New Koliganek experienced a crash involving Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, operated by MarkAir Express, with the event recorded near Dillingham Alaska.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot bent down to retrieve the fire extinguisher between his feet and to replace it in the bracket located under the pilot's seat. When he looked up he saw a hill in front of the airplane. He pulled up and the airplane struck the hill but continued to fly. He pulled back on the yoke and added full power and the airplane entered the clouds. He noticed he was about to stall the airplane so he lowered the nose and the airplane immediately struck the hill again and nosed over.

Aircraft reference details include registration N9975M, MSN 207-0772, year of manufacture 1984.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 59.0399°, -158.4604°.