# Accident 20090506025169A: Cessna TU206F, Bethel, AK, May 6, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2009, 09:05 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: A6BC
- Location: 60.7744° N, 161.8408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7744&lon=-161.8408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N629SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N629SP-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-F (registry code 17237, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,089 total, 432 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090506025169A

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO PILOT'S STATEMENT, AFTER TAKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING BEGAN TO STALL PROBABLY DUE TO THE PILOT USING SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF TECHNIQUE AND THIS STALL WAS AGGRAVATED BY HEAVY FROST ON THE WINGS AND HORIZONTAL SURFACES.  THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 30 YDS OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON FOR APPROXIMATELY 90 MORE YARDS UNTIL THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE NOSE BURIED INTO THE GROUND AND STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ANC09LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA038), May 6, 2009: Cessna TU206 (N629SP), Bethel, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to remove visible frost from the wings during the preflight inspection, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed to avoid a stall. Contributing to the accident were…

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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