# NTSB ANC14CA076: Cessna U206B, N3862G, Gustavus, AK, September 6, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 6, 2014, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC) - Place: Gustavus, AK - Coordinates: 58.25, -135.259994 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.2500&lon=-135.2600&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 5 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 5, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 90049 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC14CA076 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90049/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90049 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA076 ## Probable cause The motor vehicles operators' lack of attention, and improper decision to cross the runway with the runway alert system active, resulting in a collision with the airplane. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Other (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna U206B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2073322), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Other (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna U206B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=2073322), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Other (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna U206B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md?model=2073322), [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. - [Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna U206B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=2073322), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna U206B, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2073322), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was landing at a private airport that is used to support fish cannery operations. A road runs parallel to the runway with multiple intersections where motor vehicles cross the runway. The airport is equipped with a pre-landing alert system to warn ground personnel that an aircraft is approaching. The pilot keys the aircraft radios push to talk switch multiple times, which activates a series of flashing lights and horns. The pilot reported that before landing he activated the pre-landing alert system, and proceeded to land to the North. After touchdown, but during the landing rollout, at approximately 30 miles per hour, a truck entered the runway and struck the left side of the airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left horizontal stabilizer and elevator. The pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. In the recommendation section of the NTSB Accident/Incident Reporting Form 6120.1, the pilot stated that the accident may have been avoided if the cannery provided initial and recurrent training for all employees on runway safety and aircraft operations. In addition, the pilot recommended better signage be incorporated at all runway intersection crossings, and brush and trees be cleared from the vicinity of the runway thereby increasing visibility. ## Factual narrative The pilot was landing at a private airport that is used to support fish cannery operations. A road runs parallel to the runway with multiple intersections where motor vehicles cross the runway. The airport is equipped with a pre-landing alert system to warn ground personnel that an aircraft is approaching. The pilot keys the aircraft radios push to talk switch multiple times, which activates a series of flashing lights and horns. The pilot reported that before landing he activated the pre-landing alert system, and proceeded to land to the North. After touchdown, but during the landing rollout, at approximately 30 miles per hour, a truck entered the runway and struck the left side of the airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left horizontal stabilizer and elevator. The pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. In the recommendation section of the NTSB Accident/Incident Reporting Form 6120.1, the pilot stated that the accident may have been avoided if the cannery provided initial and recurrent training for all employees on runway safety and aircraft operations. In addition, the pilot recommended better signage be incorporated at all runway intersection crossings, and brush and trees be cleared from the vicinity of the runway thereby increasing visibility. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3862G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3862G), registered now, S/N U206-0862 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA U206B - Registry model: [Cessna U206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206b) (registry code 2073322) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: U206-0862 - Year built: 1967 - Airframe hours: 8138 - Engines: Continental IO-520F 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Fjord Flying Service - Registered owner: Glacial Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 3, 2014 - Departed: PAGS, Gustavus, AK - Destination: EXI, Gustavus, AK - Airport: EXI, Excursion Inlet, runway SE, 3,500 × 100 ft, gravel - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 27; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 10, 2014; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 3,077 total, 256 in this make and model, 2,051 as pilot in command, 256 in the last 90 days, 107 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 300° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 29.88 inHg - Observed at: PAGS, 8 nm away ## 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 20140906018019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140906018019A), Sep 6, 2014: Cessna U206B, Excursion Inlet, AK, Substantial damage. 9/6/14. Flight of two aircraft operated by fjord flying services under part 91 from gustavus, AK to Excursion Inlet, AK. Aircraft N6255H cleared landing strip… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 24, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90049. 1.7 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40419385&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.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.