20081002849729A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna U206C · Anchorage, AK · October 2, 2008

Date
October 2, 2008 · 11:40 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N29109
Reported as
Cessna U206C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
4,550 total0 in this make and model0 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.

(-23) Aircraft had just taken off from runway 25R when engine lost power and the pilot declared an emergency. He then initiated a steep l/h turn in an attempt to turn back to the runway. The aircraft entered a steep nose down turn and crashed just off airport into a concrete block building. Aircraft burst into flames and was destroyed by fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM RUNWAY 25R WHEN ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. HE THEN INITIATED A STEEP L/H TURN IN AN ATTEMPT TO TURN BACK TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STEEP NOSE DOWN TURN AND CRASHED JUST OFF AIRPORT INTO A CONCRETE BLOCK BUILDING. AIRCRAFT BURST INTO FLAMES AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.