# Accident 20160805022902A: Cessna 210-5, Wasilla, AK, August 5, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2016, 13:40 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5697° N, 149.5461° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5697&lon=-149.5461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1839Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1839Z-2020-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5 (registry code 2073404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 10 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160805022902A

## Narrative

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

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

## Other aircraft in the event

- N30CC, Dehavilland DHC 2 MK III: [Accident 20160805022892A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160805022892A)

## 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 ANC16FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16FA052), Aug 5, 2016: Cessna 210-5 (N1839Z), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

## Other reports on N1839Z (2)

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

- [Incident 20121011023329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121011023329I), Oct 11, 2012: Cessna 210-5 (N1839Z), Birchwood, AK, Minor damage. Normal landing. Early in rollout, total electrical system failure rapidly followed by heavy smoke from forward of instrument panel. Stopped, shutdown, safely…
- [Incident 19910924052199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910924052199I), Sep 24, 1991: Cessna 2105 (N1839Z), Bellingham, WA, Minor damage. Nose wheel split apart while taxiing on ramp after landing. Nose wheel casting broke all the way around.

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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