# NTSB Accident ANC03LA029
> **Cessna 208** · 2003-03-02 · KOTZEBUE, AK, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC03LA029
- **Event ID:** 20030306X00292
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-03-02
- **Location:** KOTZEBUE, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 66.884719, -162.598617
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 208
- **Registration:** N205BA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain altitude/clearance above the ground, resulting in a collision with snow and ice covered terrain during the final approach phase of a VFR landing.  Factors in the accident were whiteout conditions and snow-covered terrain.

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