# NTSB ANC01LA002: Cessna 206, N5293X, Kiana, AK, October 6, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 5, 2000, 18:50 local (Oct 6, 2000, 02:50 UTC) - Place: Kiana, AK - Coordinates: 66.980194, -160.429962 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.9802&lon=-160.4300&mi=10 - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 10, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 50444 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC01LA002 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50444/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA002 ## Probable cause An in-flight collision with birds. ## Analysis The airline transport certificated pilot departed on a scheduled commuter flight. About 10 minutes after departure, about 2,000 feet msl, the pilot heard and felt a thump. The windshield became covered in blood, and the pilot noticed the oil access door was open. He returned to the departure airport and discovered several areas of impact with birds that included the windshield, vertical stabilizer, the right wing root, and the right wingtip. An examination of the right wing by the director of maintenance revealed aft crushing of the leading edge, and damage to a nose rib, about six inches inboard from the tip. ## Factual narrative On October 5, 2000, about 1850 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 206 airplane, N5293X, sustained substantial damage following an in-flight collision with several birds, about 10 miles west of Kiana, Alaska, about latitude 66 degrees, 58 minutes north, and longitude 160 degrees, 53 minutes west. The airplane was being operated by Baker Aviation, Kotzebue, Alaska, under Title 14, CFR Part 135, as Flight 426, a visual flight rules, scheduled domestic passenger flight, when the accident occurred. The airline transport certificated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. A VFR flight plan was filed. The flight originated at the Bob Baker Memorial Airport, Kiana, about 1845. On October 9, 2000, the director of maintenance for the operator reported the pilot departed Kiana, en route to Kotzebue, without any passengers. While in cruise flight at 2,000 feet msl, the pilot heard and felt a thump. The windshield became covered in blood, and the pilot noticed the oil access door was open. He returned to Kiana and discovered several areas of impact with birds that included the windshield, vertical stabilizer, the right wing root, and the right wingtip. An examination of the right wing by the director of maintenance revealed aft crushing of the leading edge, and damage to a nose rib, about six inches inboard from the tip. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5293X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5293X), registered now, S/N U20605612 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 206 - Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 2060005612 - Airframe hours: 13279 - Engines: Continental IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Registered owner: Baker Aviation Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, September 16, 2000, 86 hours before - Departed: PAIL, KIANA, AK - Destination: PAOT, KOTZEBUE, AK - Flight plan: VFR ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 42; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 6,960 total, 4,650 in this make and model, 6,760 as pilot in command, 241 in the last 90 days, 108 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 30° at 3 knots - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 28 °F, dew point 19 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20001005014599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001005014599A), Oct 5, 2000: Cessna U206G, Kiana, AK, No damage. (-23) Took off from Kiana from rwy 6. The winds were out of the north east. Pilot made a left turn out climbing to the north side of the hills between 1500 and… ## Other investigations on N5293X (2) 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 ANC96LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA025), Jan 27, 1996: Cessna 206 (N5293X), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's poor judgment in conducting the flight in the existing high gusting wind conditions. A factor associated with the accident was the operator allowing/dispatching the accident flight in the… - [NTSB ANC96LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA021), Dec 10, 1995: Cessna U206G (N5293X), Selawik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight of the airplane by failing to ensure that all the airplane's doors were properly closed. A factor associated with the accident is an open door. 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.