# NTSB ANC10LA005: Cessna P206C, N8665Z, Palmer, AK, October 17, 2009 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 17, 2009, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Palmer, AK - Coordinates: 61.592777, -149.242218 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5928&lon=-149.2422&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 19, 2010 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 74935 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC10LA005 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74935/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74935 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA005 ## Probable cause The pilot's decision to land on a short gravel runway, and his failure to initiate a go-around, which resulted in an overrun and on-ground collision with a fence. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Aircraft capability: landing distance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded; cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030/cases.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 68 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: fence/fence post](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Not specified; cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 313 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md) - [Airport facilities/design: runway/landing area length](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017037): Environmental issues › Operating environment · Decision related to condition; cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017037/cases.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 34 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017037/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The commercial pilot was on a personal flight when the accident occurred. The pilot said he was unable to stop while landing before going off the end of the runway and colliding with a fence. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. He said this was the first time he had attempted to land on the short gravel runway. An aviation mechanic who helped recover the airplane said the airplane had touched down about 400 feet from the beginning of the 1,300 foot long runway. In a written statement to the NTSB, the pilot wrote that he should not have landed at that airstrip. ## Factual narrative On October 17, 2009, about 1330 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna P206C airplane, N8665Z, sustained substantial damage when it collided with a fence and terrain while landing at a private airstrip, about 5 miles west of Palmer, Alaska. The airplane was being operated by the pilot as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal local flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The solo commercial pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated at the Fairview East Airstrip, Palmer, about 1315. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) on October 22, the pilot said he overran the end of the runway during landing, and collided with a fence and a ditch. He said the nose landing gear broke off, and the propeller struck the ground. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. He indicated there was damage to the nose landing gear and propeller. During an examination of the airplane by the NTSB IIC on October 21, besides the nose gear and propeller damage, structural damage was discovered on the fuselage, aft of the baggage compartment. The certificated aviation mechanic who helped recover the airplane the day of the accident, said the airstrip was about 1,300 feet long, and the airplane touched down about 400 feet down the runway. He said the fuselage damage was due to a steel fencepost that penetrated the fuselage when the airplane collided with the airport's chain link perimeter fence. In a written statement to the NTSB, the pilot wrote that he should not have landed at that airstrip. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8665Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8665Z-2013-05-15), registration cancelled 2013-05-15, S/N P206-0465, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA P206C - Registry model: [Cessna P206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206c) (registry code 2073312) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: P206-0465 - Airframe hours: 10755 - Engines: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Robert Johns - Registered owner: Walling Susette - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, July 22, 2009 - Departed: 58AK, Palmer, AK - Destination: 14AK, Palmer, AK - Airport: 14ak, Four Corners Airport, runway 18, 1,300 × 80 ft, gravel ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 27, 2009; seat: left; flight hours: 2,562 total, 371 in this make and model, 2,522 as pilot in command, 72 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 45 °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 20091017050549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091017050549A), Oct 17, 2009: Cessna P206C, Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. According to the airmen, the aircraft landed long and fast. The airmen was unable to stop the aircraft before it hit a chain link fence. Aircraft received… ## Other investigations on N8665Z (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 ANC11LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA038), May 27, 2011: Cessna P206C (N8665Z), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff from an unpaved airstrip, resulting in a collision with trees. ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 13, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74935. 653 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 653 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40324049&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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.