# NTSB Accident ANC96LA135
> **Cessna 206** · 1996-09-02 · PORT ALSWORTH, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC96LA135
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06651
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-09-02
- **Location:** PORT ALSWORTH, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 60.199516, -154.279754
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 206
- **Registration:** N733KD
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision, which resulted in intering a box canyon with insufficient altitude to either execute a turn to safety or outclimb rising terrain.  A factor associated with the accident was: the pilot allowed the passenger to influence him to enter the canyon.

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