# NTSB ANC01LA094: Cessna U206, N29167, McCarthy, AK, July 31, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 30, 2001, 16:00 local (Jul 31, 2001, 00:00 UTC) - Place: McCarthy, AK - Coordinates: 55.920486, -159.489791 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.9205&lon=-159.4898&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 4 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 2, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 53209 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC01LA094 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53209/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA094 ## Probable cause The pilot's decision to not abort the takeoff. Factors associated with the accident are a short and rising runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, takeoff - roll/run - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - short runway/landing area (contributing factor) - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rising (contributing factor) - aborted takeoff - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) ## Analysis The pilot stated he was attempting to depart a rural airstrip approximately 1,100 feet in length. He said he elected to takeoff uphill, so he wouldn't have to fly into the sun. In his written report to the NTSB, the pilot indicated he should have aborted the takeoff earlier in the takeoff roll, but he elected to continue, and overran the end of the runway and collided with brush. ## Factual narrative On July 30, 2001, about 1600 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Cessna U206 airplane, N29167, received substantial damage when it collided with brush during an attempted takeoff from the Horsfeld airstrip, located about 70 miles northeast of McCarthy, Alaska. The private pilot/owner and the three passengers were not injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 business flight operated in visual meteorological conditions, and departed McCarthy about 1500, with an intended intermediate stop at Horsfeld, and a final destination of Anchorage, Alaska. No flight plan was filed. During a telephone interview with the NTSB investigator-in-charge on July 31, the pilot related he had flown to the site to look at the wreckage of another airplane which recently had an accident. The pilot's business is aircraft repairs and salvage. After looking at the other accident airplane, the pilot said he started the takeoff roll to the east, away from the sun and uphill. He said he should have aborted the takeoff, but continued the takeoff roll as he approached the end of the runway. The airplane overran the end of the runway, and collided with brush. The pilot reported there were no preimpact mechanical problems with the airplane. Horsfeld airstrip is noted on the NOAA Anchorage Aviation Sectional Chart as 1100 feet long, and at an elevation of 3,300 feet msl. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N29167](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29167-2013-07-10), registration cancelled 2013-07-10, S/N U206-1134, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna U206 - Registry model: [Cessna U206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (registry code 2073332) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: U2061134 - Airframe hours: 8182 - Engines: Continental IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Business, Part 91 - Registered owner: Kenneth W. Simonis - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 11, 2000, 40 hours before - Departed: MXY, McCarthy, AK - Destination: MRI, Anchorage, AK - Airport: 4Z5, Horsfeld, runway 03, 1,100 × 20 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review April 2, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 3,120 total, 530 in this make and model, 3,120 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 61 °F ## 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 20010730027649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010730027649A), Jul 30, 2001: Cessna U206C, Northway, AK, No damage. (-23) Pilot elected to take off uphill into rising terrain with light and variable wind conditions. The aircraft became airborne near the end of the 1300 foot,… From the NTSB's public API. 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