- Date
- October 4, 1982, 08:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Flat, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9049GCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821004055759A
- Case key
- 70686
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The pilot made a forced landing shortly after takeoff. He stated that the aircraft lost power, but nothing was found to substantiate this. There was snow on the short runway. The pilot neglected to take a fuel sample before takeoff.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9049G
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 720603795
- Airframe hours
- 2,808
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F-9, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Wilmarth
- Registered owner
- Robert I. Vanderpool
- Departed
- Flat, AK
- Destination
- RDV · Red Devil, AK
- Airport
- Julian Creek, runway 9, 1,200 × 25 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 105 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9049G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.