- Date
- June 8, 2024, 13:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · Blair Lake south of Salcha
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8795QCessna 206
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20240608010029A
- Case key
- 194427
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in gusting wind conditions.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot departed with a quartering headwind which ranged from calm to gusting. Shortly after rotation the pilot reported encountering a gust of wind that pushed the airplane to the left. The pilot attempted to correct with opposite aileron and rudder; however, the airplane impacted the trees along the left side of the runway which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8795Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603547
- Built
- 1976
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 135
- Operator
- Wright Air Service Inc
- Registered owner
- Wright Air Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 2AK1 · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- PAFA · Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 2AK1 · Blair Lake, runway 31, 1,500 × 300 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 29, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 5,150 total · 685 in this make and model · 5,045 as pilot in command · 325 in the last 90 days · 115 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 19 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.85 inHg
- Observed at
- EIL, 21 nm away
- METAR
- PAEI 082155Z AUTO 12019G25KT 10SM CLR 26/M01 A2985 RMK AO2 PK WND 12026/21 SLP111 T02621008 $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 28, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.