# NTSB ANC25LA082: Cessna U206F, N206GR, Yakutat, AK, August 2, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 1, 2025, 18:00 local (Aug 2, 2025, 02:00 UTC)
- Place: Yakutat, AK · Remote airstrip at Lodge
- Coordinates: 60.079166, -143.12743 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0792&lon=-143.1274&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200686
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200686/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA082

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance during approach in gusting wind conditions to a remote airstrip, resulting in a collision with brush.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna U206F, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073333), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna U206F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=2073333), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna U206F, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=2073333), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md)
- [Perception/orientation/illusion: situational awareness](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna U206F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035/cases.md?model=2073333), [All aircraft, 111 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022035/cases.md)
- [Wind: variable wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna U206F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025/cases.md?model=2073333), [All aircraft, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025/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: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna U206F, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2073333), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he was landing, in gusty windy conditions, on a remote airstrip that was surrounded by trees, and he made a circling approach to land into the wind. As the airplane approached the airstrip, the flaps were fully extended, and he slowed the airplane to about 50 knots. The pilot said that just before touchdown, the headwind suddenly dissipated, and the airplane landed about 20 ft short of the runway. The right wing then struck a stand of brush, resulting in a veer to the right. After touching down, the airplane spun 180° before exiting the right side of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and elevators. The pilot reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N206GR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206GR), registered now, S/N U20601753, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520-A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-a) (registry code 17227, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20601753
- Year built: 1972
- Airframe hours: 13535
- Engines: Continental IO-520F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 17, 2025, 6.9 hours before
- Departed: PYAK, Yakutut, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: PVT, Diericks Tsiu River Lodge Strip, runway 090, 2,000 × 25 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; commercial, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 8,785.5 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 8.2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: ACY, 37 nm away
- METAR: PAYA 020153Z AUTO 14009KT 10SM BKN080 OVC100 16/09 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP205 T01610094 TSNO

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.

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