# NTSB ANC11LA007: Beech E18S-9700, N9001, New Stuyahok, AK, January 3, 2011 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 3, 2011, 13:50 local (17:50 UTC) - Place: New Stuyahok, AK - Coordinates: 59.490756, -157.2901 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4908&lon=-157.2901&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 26, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA FSDO-03 - NTSB case key (mKey): 78101 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC11LA007 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78101/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78101 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA007 ## Probable cause The pilot's misjudgment of the runway surface condition, resulting in an aborted landing and collision with rising terrain during the ensuing takeoff attempt. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: snow/slush/ice covered surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Beech E18S-9700, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015/cases.md?model=1151008), [All aircraft, 219 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015/cases.md) - [Aircraft capability: climb capability](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech E18S-9700, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061010/cases.md?model=1151008), [All aircraft, 183 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061010/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech E18S-9700, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md?model=1151008), [All aircraft, 559 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech E18S-9700, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=1151008), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that the runway at the destination airport was ice-covered, and that upon touchdown the surface was slicker than he had anticipated. He aborted the landing by applying full power to take off. The airplane was unable to out-climb the rising terrain at the end of the runway, and it collided with terrain, sustaining substantial damage to the fuselage and both wings. The pilot indicated that there were no mechanical issues with the airplane that precluded its normal operation. ## Factual narrative On January 3, 2011, about 1350 Alaska standard time, a Beechcraft E18S-9700 airplane, N9001, sustained substantial damage during the takeoff phase of an aborted landing at the New Stuyahok Airport, New Stuyahok, Alaska. The airplane was being operated by Air Supply Alaska, Inc., Kenai, Alaska, as a visual flight rules(VFR) cargo flight under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations Part 135, when the accident occurred. The solo airline transport pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and company flight following was in effect. In a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge, dated January 6, the pilot reported that upon touching down on the ice-covered runway, he realized that the runway was slicker than anticipated. He wrote that he applied power to abort the landing, but was unable to out-climb the rising terrain at the end of the runway. The airplane collided with terrain, and both wings and the fuselage received substantial damage. The pilot indicated that there were no mechanical issues with the airplane that precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9001](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9001-2017-06-15), registration cancelled 2017-06-15, S/N BA-460, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH E18S-9700 - Registry model: [Beech E18S-9700](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s-9700) (registry code 1151008) (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: BA-460 - Airframe hours: 19571 - Engines: P&W R-985 SERIES 450 horsepower reciprocating; P&W R-985 SERIES 450 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Air Supply Alaska Inc, doing business as Air Supply Alaska - Registered owner: Aero Equipment LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Unknown - Last inspection: 100 hour, September 23, 2010 - Departed: PAEN, Kenai, AK - Destination: PANW, New Stuyahok, AK - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: PANW, New Stuyahok, runway 32, 3,281 × 98 ft, snow ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 38; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 18, 2010; seat: left; flight hours: 6,539 total, 464 in this make and model, 5,079 as pilot in command, 160 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 70° at 17 knots, gusting 22 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,700 ft overcast - Temperature: 36 °F - Observed at: PANW ## 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 20110103001099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110103001099A), Jan 3, 2011: Beech E18S-9700, New Stuyahok, AK, Destroyed. Aircraft attemped to land at New Stuyahok Airport and sustained substantial damage when the aircraft failed to gain airspeed and altitude after an aborted… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 28, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78101. 148 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 148 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40344220&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. 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