# Accident 19920108000339A: Cessna U206, English Bay, AK, January 8, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1992, 14:35 local time
- Place: English Bay, AK
- Airport: English Bay Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SOCA
- Location: 59.3999° N, 151.3206° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.3999&lon=-151.3206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5282U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5282U-2008-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206 (registry code 2073306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,210 total, 725 in this make and model, 255 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC92LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920108000339A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SLID INTO SNOWBANK LANDING IN CROSSWIND ON SLUSH AND ICE COVERED RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC92LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA027), Jan 8, 1992: Cessna 206 (N5282U), English Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE ICE AND SLUSH ON THE RUNWAY, THE SNOWBANK, AND THE CROSSWIND.

## Other reports on N5282U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19941203044189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941203044189A), Dec 3, 1994: Cessna U206 (N5282U), Kenai, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Disappeared on a flight to homer AK.snow en route. Radar lost over cook inlet. No trace found. Presumed in inlet.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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