# NTSB ANC12CA049: Cessna U206G, N9049G, Homer, AK, June 7, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 7, 2012, 12:25 local (20:25 UTC) - Place: Homer, AK - Coordinates: 59.354999, -150.838882 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.3550&lon=-150.8389&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 4, 2012 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 83895 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC12CA049 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83895/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83895 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA049 ## Probable cause The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna U206G, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2073356), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna U206G, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000/cases.md?model=2073356), [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000/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: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna U206G, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2073356), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Cessna U206G, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073356), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was landing on a rough and uneven remote tidal beach. During the landing roll, the main landing gear wheels rolled over a series of bumps, and the airplane bounced. When the airplane settled to the ground, the nosewheel struck the beach. According to the pilot, a postlanding inspection revealed no damage, and he elected to fly the airplane home. Subsequently, the operator’s director of maintenance reported that the airplane’s firewall assembly had sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. ## Factual narrative The pilot was landing a nose wheel-equipped airplane on a rough and uneven remote tidal beach. During the landing roll, the main landing gear wheels rolled over a series of bumps, and the airplane bounced. When the airplane settled to the ground the nose wheel struck the beach. According to the pilot, a postlanding inspection revealed no damage, and he elected to fly the airplane home. Subsequently, the operator’s director of maintenance reported that the airplane’s firewall assembly had sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9049G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9049G), registered now, S/N U20603795, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G - 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: U20603795 - Airframe hours: 9656 - Engines: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Smokey Bay Air Inc - Registered owner: Smokey Bay Air Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, May 30, 2012, 20 hours before - Departed: HOM, Homer, AK - Destination: Homer, AK - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: runway 12, gravel ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 38; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 1,490 total, 600 in this make and model, 1,400 as pilot in command, 201 in the last 90 days, 57 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none ## 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 20120607011899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120607011899A), Jun 7, 2012: Cessna U206G, Homer, AK, Substantial damage. 6/7/2012 - Pilot made a hard landing and wrinkled the lower engine cowling. He off loaded the cargo, then loaded three passengers on board and took off without… ## Other investigations on N9049G (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 ANC83FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FA005), Oct 4, 1982: Cessna 206 (N9049G), Flat, AK, substantial damage ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 27, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83895. 762 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 762 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40372811&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.