# NTSB ANC83LA057: Cessna TU206G, N5102X, Glennallen, AK, March 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 13, 1983, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Glennallen, AK
- Coordinates: 62.100498, -145.53067 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.1005&lon=-145.5307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4107
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83LA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4107/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA057

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequate (cause)
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK AND GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING ON A SNOW COVERED NARROW RUNWAY. THE PILOT HAD BEEN INACTIVE IN FLYING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE ACCIDENT ACFT. HE HAD 9 HOURS DUAL AND 3 HOURS SOLO IN THIS ACFT. HE STATED THAT AS HE APPROACHED FOR LANDING ON 3/13 HE WAS NOT PROPERLY LINED UP WITH THE CLEARED AREA OF THE NARROW RUNWAY. JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DRIFTED INTO THE SNOW BERM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE ACFT ENTERED A GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT IT TIPED ONTO THE LEFT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5102X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5102X-2009-05-28), registration cancelled 2009-05-28, S/N U20605568, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (registry code 2073357) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20605568
- Airframe hours: 342
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-M 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Michael F. Beirne
- Registered owner: Raypath, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 29, 1982, 20 hours before
- Departed: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Eureka Lodge, runway 3, 2,600 × 60 ft, snow

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 762 total, 12 in this make and model, 693 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19830313009229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830313009229A), Mar 13, 1983: Cessna TU206G, Glennallen, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control during landing and aircraft nosed up in snowberm along edge of runway.

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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