# NTSB ANC82DAG52: Cessna TU206, N4830U, Healy, AK, August 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1982, 09:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Healy, AK
- Location: 63.8569° N, 148.9661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Healy, AK, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.8569&lon=-148.9661&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70997
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DAG52
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70997/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG52

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Other gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear - overload
  - landing gear - failure,total
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

AIRCRAFT MADE HARD LANDING AT MINING AIRSTRIP AFTER ENCOUNTERING A STRONG GUST OF WIND. THE WHEEL LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED& THE AIRCRAFT SLID ABOUT 100 FT ON THE FLOAT KEELS BEFORE FLIPPING OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4830U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4830U-1983-04-04), registration cancelled 1983-04-04, S/N U20605121 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (registry code 2073357) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20605121
- Airframe hours: 868
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 280 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Leonard Kragnus
- Registered owner: Leonard Kragnus
- Departed: HEALY, AK
- Destination: HEALY, AK
- Airport: Mine Strip, runway 31, 1,800 × 100 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: unknown, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,868 in this make and model, 5,000 as pilot in command, 79 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 140 °F

## 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 19820827045509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820827045509A), Aug 27, 1982: Cessna TU206G, Healy, AK, Destroyed. High sink rate landing at a strip in mountain terrain. Impact collapsed gear. Amphibian flipped over. Variable wind

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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