# NTSB ANC00LA074: Cessna 206, N495K, King Salmon, AK, June 22, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 22, 2000, 15:50 local (23:50 UTC) - Place: King Salmon, AK - Coordinates: 56.960277, -158.579971 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.9603&lon=-158.5800&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 2 minor, 9 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 10, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 49538 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC00LA074 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49538/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA074 ## Probable cause (aircraft 2) The inadequate visual lookout by the pilot of the other airplane, and the inadequate radio traffic advisories by the pilots of both airplanes. ## Probable cause (aircraft 1) The Cessna pilot's inadequate visual lookout, and both pilots' inadequate radio traffic advisories. A factor associated with the accident was sunglare on the water. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Collision between aircraft (other than midair), takeoff - roll/run - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - traffic advisory - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - traffic advisory - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - Collision between aircraft (other than midair), taxi - from landing - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - traffic advisory - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - traffic advisory - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) ## Analysis (aircraft 2) See narrative for ANC00LA074A. ## Analysis (aircraft 1) According to an FAA inspector who interviewed both pilots, they related the float equipped Cessna was taxiing away from the shore, into the sun, and the float equipped DeHavilland was taxiing toward the shore after landing. The DeHavilland pilot believed that the Cessna pilot saw his airplane. The Cessna turned toward the DeHavilland, began the takeoff water run, and collided before either pilot could make an effective evasive maneuver. The Cessna pilot said he never saw the DeHavilland in the sun glare. As the Cessna was about to come on the step, the right-front seat passenger warned the Cessna pilot about the DeHavilland. The Cessna pilot attempted to maneuver the Cessna to the left, but the Cessna's right wing struck the DeHavilland's windshield. The radios of both airplanes were tuned to the local common traffic advisory frequency. The pilot of the DeHavilland made a radio transmission just before he landed, and none others. The pilot of the Cessna said he did not put on his headset until about halfway through the taxi for takeoff. Neither pilot reported hearing any radio transmissions from the pilot of the opposing airplane. ## Factual narrative (aircraft 2) See narrative for ANC00LA074A. ## Factual narrative (aircraft 1) On June 22, 2000, at 1550 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 206 float equipped airplane, N495K, and a DeHavilland DHC-2 float equipped airplane, N5221G, both sustained substantial damage when they collided on Brooks Lake, 27 miles east of King Salmon, Alaska, at 58 degrees, 33 minutes north latitude, 155 degrees, 16 minutes west longitude. The commercial pilot and the four passengers on board the Cessna received no injuries. The pilot and front seat passenger of the DeHavilland received minor injuries; the remaining four passengers were not injured. The Cessna flight was conducted by Katmai Air, Inc., of Anchorage, Alaska, under 14 CFR Part 135, as an on-demand air taxi flight to King Salmon. The DeHavilland flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 as a personal flight by the pilot transporting five friends from Naknek Lake, 20 miles west of the accident site. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and a company flight plan was filed for the Cessna. No flight plan was on file for the DeHavilland. Both pilots were interviewed by an FAA inspector the day after the accident. The FAA inspector related that both pilots described the Cessna taxiing away from the shore into the sun, and the DeHavilland taxiing toward the shore. The DeHavilland pilot said he saw the Cessna taxiing, believed that the Cessna pilot saw him, and expected it would pass down the left side of his airplane. He described the Cessna turning left toward his airplane, beginning the takeoff water run and colliding before he could make an effective evasive maneuver. The Cessna pilot said he never saw the DeHavilland in the sun glare. As he began the takeoff run, and the airplane was about to come onto "the step," the right-front seat passenger in the Cessna warned the pilot about the DeHavilland. The pilot said he attempted to maneuver the Cessna to the left, but the right wing struck the DeHavilland's windshield. The radios of both airplanes were tuned to 122.9 MHz, the local common traffic advisory frequency. The pilot of the DeHavilland said he made a radio transmission just before he landed, and none others. The pilot of the Cessna said he did not put on his headset until about halfway through the taxi for takeoff. Neither pilot reported hearing any radio transmissions from the pilot of the opposing airplane. The right wing of the Cessna contacted the propeller of the DeHavilland, separating the wing outboard of the lift strut. The DeHavilland sustained damage to the right wing, engine, and windshield, which was penetrated by the Cessna's right wing. Paint was transferred between the top surface of the Cessna's right wing, and the lower surface of the DeHavilland's right wing. Propeller strike marks were evident in the right wingtip cap fuel tank of the DeHavilland. ## Aircraft 1 - Registration: [N495K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N495K), registered now, S/N U20602549, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 206 - Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520-F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (registry code 17237, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: U20602730 - Airframe hours: 3707 - Engines: Continental IO-520F 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Katmai Air, LLC., doing business as Katmai Air - Registered owner: Katmailand, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, January 26, 2000, 91 hours before - Destination: AKN, KING SALMON, AK - Flight plan: Company VFR ## Aircraft 2 - Registration: [N5221G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5221G), registered now, S/N 667, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: de Havilland DHC-2 - Registry model: [Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2-mk-1) (registry code 2800102) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 667 - Airframe hours: 7138 - Engines: P&W R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Minor damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Thomas P. Prindiville - Registered owner: Kenneth Mears - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 6, 2000, 15 hours before - Departed: NAKNEK LAKE, AK ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot, aircraft N495K; age 43; flight instructor, commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 6,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 6,700 as pilot in command, 155 in the last 90 days, 60 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours - Pilot, aircraft N5221G; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,291 total, 1,091 in this make and model, 2,291 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 20° at 15 knots, gusting 20 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 39 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg ## FAA reports on this event (2) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000622042461A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000622042461A), Jun 22, 2000: Cessna U206F, King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 22, 2000 at 1530 adt. A float equipped airplane N495K sustained substantial damage during the takeoff run when it collided with a Dehavilland… - [Accident 20000622042462A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000622042462A), Jun 22, 2000: Dhav DHC2MK1, King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 22, 2000 at 1530 adt. A float equipped airplane N495K sustained substantial damage during the takeoff run when it collided with a Dehavilland… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.