19861222068599A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna U206G · Ruby, AK · December 22, 1986

Date
December 22, 1986 · 12:15 local
Place
Ruby, AK
Airport
Nowitna
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N734WE
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC87LA022
Reported as
Cessna U206G
Reported engine
Continental IO520F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total2,600 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft ground looped during a ski landing on a frozen river. Pilot failed to properly survey landing area.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED DURING A SKI LANDING ON A FROZEN RIVER. PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY SURVEY LANDING AREA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.