- Date
- January 11, 1979
- Place
- Prudhoe Bay, AK · PRUDHOE BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N59199Cessna U-206
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790111000699A
- Case key
- 137628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0055 79/1/11 PRUDHOE BAY,AK CESSNA U-206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2406 TIME - 1405 N59199 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRUDHOE BAY ARCO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BARTER ISLAND,AK PRUDHOE BAY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 22 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING TO 30 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59199
- Reported as
- Cessna U-206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Prudhoe Bay Arco
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N59199 · 1
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