# NTSB ANC01LA096: Cessna U206, N5371U, Yakutat, AK, July 30, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 30, 2001, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC) - Place: Yakutat, AK - Coordinates: 59.183334, -138.433334 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.1833&lon=-138.4333&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 5 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 2, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 53210 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC01LA096 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53210/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA096 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from high vegetation during the takeoff roll. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - high vegetation - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The air taxi pilot was attempting to takeoff from a remote airstrip. During the takeoff roll, he allowed the airplane's left wing to collide with brush, sustaining substantial damage. ## Factual narrative On July 30, 2001, about 1530 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna U206 airplane, N5371U, received substantial damage during takeoff from the Dry Bay airstrip, located about 45 miles east of Yakutat, Alaska. The commercial air taxi pilot and the 4 passengers were not injured. The on-demand charter flight was operated under CFR Part 135 by Gulf Air Taxi, Yakutat. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and a company flight plan was in effect. The flight departed Yakutat about 1445, and was returning to Yakutat. During a telephone interview with the NTSB investigator-in-charge on August 1, the owner of the company indicated that the airplane's left wing struck willows during takeoff and damaged the leading edge. A subsequent conversation with an FAA inspector from the Juneau Flight Standards District Office, who traveled to Yakutat and looked at the airplane, disclosed that approximately 3 feet of the left wing's leading edge was damaged, with at least one nose rib crushed. The FAA inspector indicated the operator intended to repair the crushed rib by replacing it, and that a new section of leading edge skin, from the left wing lift-strut to the wingtip, would be used to complete the repairs. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5371U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5371U-2008-07-22), registration cancelled 2008-07-22, S/N U20605252, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna U206 - Registry model: [Cessna TU206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (registry code 2073357) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: U20605252 - Airframe hours: 5611 - Engines: Continental IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating; Continental IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Registered owner: Gulf Air Taxi Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, July 22, 2001, 32 hours before - Departed: YAK, Yakutat, AK - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: Dry Bay, runway 17, 1,350 × 65 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land, multi-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review June 29, 2001; seat: front; flight hours: 25,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 230° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken - Temperature: 55 °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 20010730039299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010730039299A), Jul 30, 2001: Cessna TU206G, Yakutat, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Short gravel strip 1000 feet, very narrow with alder brush on both sides. Possible overload of aircraft on take-off, not enough altitude near end of… ## Other investigations on N5371U (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 ANC06LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA017), Jan 18, 2006: Cessna TU206G (N5371U), Cordova, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff, and his delay in aborting the takeoff, which resulted an overrun and subsequent collision with an embankment. A factor contributing to the… - [NTSB ANC95LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA121), Jul 29, 1995: Cessna 206G (N5371U), Port Alsworth, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR THE CROSSWIND CONDITION, WHICH RESULTED IN A FAILURE TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY ALIGNMENT. THE CROSSWIND AND PROXIMITY OF TREES WERE RELATED FACTORS. 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.