# Accident 20010730027649A: Cessna U206C, Northway, AK, July 30, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Northway, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.9205° N, 159.4898° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.9205&lon=-159.4898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29167, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29167-2013-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010730027649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ELECTED TO TAKE OFF UPHILL INTO RISING TERRAIN WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE NEAR THE END OF THE 1300 FOOT, 3300 MSL RUNWAY. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 60 DEGREES F. THE PILOT COMMENCED AND IMMEDIATE CLIMBING LEFT TURN TO AVOID TREES. THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE TREES BUT IMPACTED THE GROUND, AND CAME TO A STOP. (.19) ON JULY 30, 2001, ABOUT 1600 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A WHEEL-EQUIPPED CESSNA U206 AIRPLANE, N29167, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH BRUSH DURING AN ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM THE HORSFELD AIRSTRIP, LOCATED ABOUT 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCARTHY, ALASKA. THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER AND THE THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE 14 CFR PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND DEPARTED MCCARTHY ABOUT 1500, WITH AN INTENDED INTERMEDIATE STOP AT HORSFELD, AND A FINAL DESTINATION OF ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE ON JULY 31, THE PILOT RELATED HE HAD FLOWN TO THE SITE TO LOOK AT THE WRECKAGE OF ANOTHER AIRPLANE WHICH RECENTLY HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE PILOT'S BUSINESS IS AIRCRAFT REPAIRS AND SALVAGE. AF                   TER LOOKING AT THE OTHER ACCIDENT AIRPLANE, THE PILOT SAID HE STARTED THE TAKEOFF ROLL TO THE EAST, AWAY FROM THE SUN AND UPHILL. HE SAID HE SHOULD HAVE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, BUT CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF ROLL AS HE APPROACHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND COLLIDED WITH BRUSH. THE PILOT REPORTED THERE WERE NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE. HORSFELD AIRSTRIP IS NOTED ON THE NOAA ANCHORAGE AVIATION SECTIONAL CHART AS 1100 FEET LONG, AND AT AN ELEVATION OF 3,300 FEET MSL.

## 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 ANC01LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA094), Jul 31, 2001: Cessna U206 (N29167), McCarthy, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to not abort the takeoff. Factors associated with the accident are a short and rising runway.

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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