# NTSB Accident ANC98LA057
> **Cessna 206** · 1998-05-27 · TYONEK, AK, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC98LA057
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09977
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-05-27
- **Location:** TYONEK, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.080833, -151.159729
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 5
- **Total aboard:** 6
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 206
- **Registration:** N5297U
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions, and his inadequate in-flight planning/decision.  Factors in the accident were weather conditions consisting of a mountain wave, and downdrafts.

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