- Date
- August 14, 1973
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2540XCessna P206
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730814027039A
- Case key
- 189313
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2227 73/8/14 NR.TALKEETNA,ALAS CESSNA P206 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1461 TIME - 1320 N2540X PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CACHE CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS TALKEETNA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LND LONG ON SHORT ROUGH GRAVEL STRIP. BRAKING ACTION NIL DUE STRIP COND. TRIED TO GRND LOOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2540X
- Reported as
- Cessna P206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cache Creek
N2540XRegistration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · Cessna P206Airframe modelCessna P206Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.