# NTSB ANC25LA069: Cessna P206C, N8630Z, Port Graham, AK, June 23, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: June 23, 2025, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC) - Place: Port Graham, AK - Coordinates: 59.35, -151.83 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.3500&lon=-151.8300&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 6 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 30, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA - FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200501 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA069 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200501/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200501 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA069 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper landing flare and failure to maintain pitch control, which resulted in a tail strike. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to initiate a go around after the abnormal runway contact. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: pitch control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 526 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Action: incorrect action selection](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010/cases.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 397 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041010/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) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna P206C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md?model=2073312), [All aircraft, 124 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that, during the landing flare, the airplane bounced. While compensating for the bounce, the pilot pitched up and the tail struck the landing surface, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8630Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8630Z), registered now, S/N P206-0430, built 1967 (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: P206-0430 - Year built: 1967 - Engines: Continental IO-520-LcA 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Other work use, Part 91 - Operator: Alaska Village Missions - Registered owner: Alaska Village Missions - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: HOM, Homer, AK - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: PGM, Port Graham, runway 30, 1,975 × 45 ft, gravel - Equipment: ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 66; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 19, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 3,094.1 total, 16.9 in this make and model, 2,905.9 as pilot in command, 23.6 in the last 90 days, 14.2 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 360° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 800 ft broken - Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Icing: Unknown - Turbulence: Light - Observed at: PASO, 7 nm away - METAR: PASO 232253Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM BKN008 OVC027 09/08 A2995 RMK AO2 CIG 006V010 SLP143 T00890078 TSNO ## 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 20250623007779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250623007779A), Jun 23, 2025: Cessna P206C, Port Graham, AK, Substantial damage. Flight from homer, AK to Port Graham, AK with pilot and 5 pax. Winds at Port Graham were approximately 5 knots from the northwest and pilot elected to land on… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 30, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200501. 2.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19403437&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA069%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 238 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20064801&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20N8630Z%20initial_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 3, PDF, 5 pages, 514 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19403627&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA069%20Photos-Rel.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.