# Accident 20110527011009A: Cessna P206C, Wasilla, AK, May 27, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2011, 14:30 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Fairview East
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5553° N, 149.3394° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5553&lon=-149.3394&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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,354 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110527011009A

## Narrative

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

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.  THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT WAS A PARACHUTE LAUNCH WITH FIVE JUMPERS AND ONE PILOT ABOARD. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, ON TAKEOFF ROLL HE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, STRIKING A STAND TREES PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY STRIP WITH THE WING CONTINUING TO A FULL COLLISION WITH ANOTHER STAND OF TREESTHE AIRCRAFT OWNER OF RECORD IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.  THE OWNER ALSO OPERATES, ALASKA SKY SPORTS, A SKY DIVING CLUB.  THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT WERE SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REMAINED WITH THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE TO BOTH THE NTSB AND FAA INVESTIGATORS.  ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE HAS SOME REGULATORY AIRCRAFT CURRENCY ISSUES AND THE AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE BEEN OVERWEIGHT FOR THE OPERATION ATTEMPTED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH BOTH EXTENSIVE HULL AND WING DAMAGE.   POST ACCIDENT PRELIMINARY INSPECTION REVEALS A POTENTIAL FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG, NTSB INVESTIGATOR, LARRY LEWIS IS TESTING THE COMPONENT.

## 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 ANC11LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA038), May 27, 2011: Cessna P206C (N8665Z), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff from an unpaved airstrip, resulting in a collision with trees.

## Other reports on N8665Z (2)

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

- [Accident 20091017050549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091017050549A), Oct 17, 2009: Cessna P206C (N8665Z), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. 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…
- [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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