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FAA accident report · Cessna 210-5 · Wasilla, AK · August 5, 2016

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Date
August 5, 2016 · 13:40 local
Place
Wasilla, AK
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1839Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC16FA052
Reported as
Cessna 210-5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,700 total10 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N1839ZRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2020 · Cessna 210-5S/N 205-0039 · Built 1962Airframe modelCessna 210-5Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N30CC a DHC-2 mk iii operated by fly denali (A3WC) was in the process of repositioning the airplane part 91 from leisurewood airstrip (9AK6) over to Wasilla airport for fuel and on up to healy airport. The airman made two radio calls- one five miles out and two -entering left base for 04 at Wasilla. Approximately twenty feet above the runway a Cessna 210 flew over the top of the aircraft. The airman immediately went to beta range and pushed for the ground. The empenage of the Cessna 210 impacted the DHC-2 propeller. The Cessna 210 nosed over hitting the ground collapsing the nose gear and slid to a stop. The DHC-2 veered off the leftside of the runway into the ditch. No injuries were sustained. A local witness observed the DHC-2 landing and the Cessna 205 turning final at approximately the same time landing on top of the DHC-2. The Cessna 210 was on an instructional flight with a student pilot and a flight instructor who had been conducting touch and go's prior to the accident. It has been determined that the Cessna 210 radio was intermittent and therefore the communication link between the airplanes did not transpire. Neither airman was aware that another airplane was in the traffic pattern and landing on runway 04 in Wasilla

As the FAA filed it

N30CC A DHC-2 MK III OPERATED BY FLY DENALI (A3WC) WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPOSITIONING THE AIRPLANE PART 91 FROM LEISUREWOOD AIRSTRIP (9AK6) OVER TO WASILLA AIRPORT FOR FUEL AND ON UP TO HEALY AIRPORT. THE AIRMAN MADE TWO RADIO CALLS- ONE FIVE MILES OUT AND TWO -ENTERING LEFT BASE FOR 04 AT WASILLA. APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY A CESSNA 210 FLEW OVER THE TOP OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRMAN IMMEDIATELY WENT TO BETA RANGE AND PUSHED FOR THE GROUND. THE EMPENAGE OF THE CESSNA 210 IMPACTED THE DHC-2 PROPELLER. THE CESSNA 210 NOSED OVER HITTING THE GROUND COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND SLID TO A STOP. THE DHC-2 VEERED OFF THE LEFTSIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DITCH. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. A LOCAL WITNESS OBSERVED THE DHC-2 LANDING AND THE CESSNA 205 TURNING FINAL AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME LANDING ON TOP OF THE DHC-2. THE CESSNA 210 WAS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH A STUDENT PILOT AND A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO HAD BEEN CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO'S PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE CESSNA 210 RADIO WAS INTERMITTENT AND THEREFORE THE COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN THE AIRPLANES DID NOT TRANSPIRE. NEITHER AIRMAN WAS AWARE THAT ANOTHER AIRPLANE WAS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 04 IN WASILLA

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ANC16FA052Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportWasilla, AKThe failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other while landing at a non-tower-controlled airport, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the absence of radio calls from the Cessna during the traffic pattern preceding the…Aug 5, 2016 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

N30CCDehavilland DHC 2 MK IIIAccident 20160805022892A · Substantial damage

Other reports on N1839Z · 2

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

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