- Date
- July 11, 1973
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N709FYCessna U206B
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730711023719A
- Case key
- 189665
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1852 73/7/11 NR.BETTLES,ALAS CESSNA U206B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1340 N709FY PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 27, 2634 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 216 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PROSPECT CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETTLES,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 30K SHIFTED DURING LDG FLARE. GO ARND ATTEMPTED INTO RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N709FY
- Reported as
- Cessna U206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Prospect Creek
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.