# Incident 20040225005069I: Cessna P206D, Soldotna, AK, February 25, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Soldotna, AK
- Airport: Soldotna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N3NC
- Location: 60.4751° N, 151.0396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOLDOTNA (SXQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4751&lon=-151.0396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8771Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8771Z-2015-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206D (registry code 2073338, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 3,800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040225005069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) RETURNING FROM A HUNTING TRIP THE PILOT CHECKED THE WEATHER AND NOTAMS FOR THE AIRPORT, NOTING A LOCAL NOTAM FOR "BRAKING ACTION NIL". THIS NOTAM HAD BEEN IN PLACE FOR MOST OF THE WINTER BECAUSE THE AIRPORT DID NOT SAND THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE PILOT DEPARTED EARLIER IN THE DAY THE RUNWAY CONDITION WAS GOOD, TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW FREEZING AND THERE WAS A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW ON THE RUNWAY. WHILE AWAY FROM SOLDOTNA THE PILOT CHANGED THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SKIS ON THE AIRCRAFT TO REDUCE THE DRAG FROM THE PENETRATION OF THE WHEELS INTO THE SNOW SO HE COULD SAFELY OPERATE FROM A FROZEN LAKE. ON RETURN TO SOLDOTNA THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE FREEZING AND RUNWAY CONDITIONS HAD DETERIORATED. ON LANDING AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST WHEN THE RUDDER BECAME INEFFECTIVE THIS IS DUE IN PART TO THE SLIPPERY SURFACE AND THE SKI CONFIGURATION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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