# Accident 20091017050549A: Cessna P206C, Palmer, AK, October 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2009, 13:30 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Wicks Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5928° N, 149.2422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5928&lon=-149.2422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8665Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8665Z-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206C (registry code 2073312, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091017050549A

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE AIRMEN, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AND FAST. THE AIRMEN WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT HIT A CHAIN LINK FENCE.  AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND FUSELAGE. PILOT STATED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT, PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ANC10LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA005), Oct 17, 2009: Cessna P206C (N8665Z), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land on a short gravel runway, and his failure to initiate a go-around, which resulted in an overrun and on-ground collision with a fence.

## Other reports on N8665Z (2)

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

- [Accident 20110527011009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110527011009A), May 27, 2011: Cessna P206C (N8665Z), Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. At approximately 1500 may 27, 2011, N8665Z, a modified Cessna 206 was attempting a takeoff from a private grass strip located near crane road, Wasilla Alaska.…
- [Incident 19861018072459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861018072459I), Oct 18, 1986: Cessna 206CESSNA (N8665Z), Clewiston, FL, 2 fatal. Two skydivers collided resulting in two fatalities.

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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