# NTSB ANC77DA011: Cessna 206, N35593, Kotzebue, AK, November 24, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 24, 1976
- Place: Kotzebue, AK · KOTZEBUE, AK
- Location: 66.8868° N, 162.4917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8868&lon=-162.4917&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 28, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 156562
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC77DA011
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DA011

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3954  76/11/24   KOTZEBUE,AK         CESSNA 206          CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2555
        TIME - 0800                    N35593              PX-  0  0  1  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RALPH WIEN MEM.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          KOTZEBUE,AK                 KOTZEBUE,AK                  KIVALINA,AK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- HAND STARTING AT NIGHT,SNOW & ICE ON GROUND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N35593](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35593-2014-12-08), registration cancelled 2014-12-08, S/N U20602732, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Ralph Wien Mem.

## 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 19761124042249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761124042249A), Nov 24, 1976: Cessna U206F, Kotzebue, AK. Hand starting at night,snow & ice on ground.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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