# Accident 20130423007149A: Cessna U206G, Fairbanks, AK, April 23, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2013, 10:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Wolf Pack Mine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.1072° N, 147.9742° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.1072&lon=-147.9742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756DJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130423007149A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED THROUGH SNOW AND SLUSH ON TAXI TO RUNWAY BEFORE DEPARTURE FROM FAI.  DURING FLIGHT THE SNOW/ICE FROZE AND CAUSED THE RIGHT BRAKE TO LOCK UP ON LANDING.  THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON A SOFT GRAVEL STRIP AND UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT WING TIP AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. NO MALFUNCTION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS FOUND.  PILOT STATED THAT THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS FROZEN AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, THEN STRUCK A SNOW BERM.

## 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 ANC13CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA046), Apr 24, 2013: Cessna U206G (N756DJ), Nenana, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: Ice accretion in the right main landing gear wheel brake during departure, which prevented the right main landing gear from rotating on landing and resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent…

## Other reports on N756DJ (5)

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

- [Accident 20200710009189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200710009189A), Jul 10, 2020: Cessna U206G (N756DJ), Nenana, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot started the takeoff roll using a soft field departure procedure. When the nose came up, the aircraft veered slightly to the left despite right rudder…
- [Incident 20020905024699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020905024699I), Sep 5, 2002: Cessna U206G (N756DJ), Arctic Village, AK. (-23) [privacy data omitted] the pilot refueled the aircraft at his destination from two five gallon containers he had serviced and brought with him on the all…
- [Accident 20010515008069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010515008069A), May 15, 2001: Cessna U206G (N756DJ), Stebbins, AK, No damage. (23)Thw wiring ribbon that is run through the center of the control yoke that operated the press to talk swich and electric trim got bound up in the control…
- [Accident 19970620015909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970620015909A), Jun 20, 1997: Cessna U206G (N756DJ), Deadhorse, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft rear cargo door opened during flight. (.4) the pilot reported he was in a descent to land when the cargo door opened and struck the side of the…
- [Incident 19780216006829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780216006829I), Feb 16, 1978: Cessna 206CESSNA (N756DJ), Cleveland, OH. Pilot lost communicatins, then navigation. Switching panel slipped out of place.

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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