# NTSB ANC83LA112: Cessna 206, N756CD, Fairbanks, AK, July 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 1, 1983, 18:15 local (Jul 2, 1983, 02:15 UTC)
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Coordinates: 64.810447, -147.719573 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8104&lon=-147.7196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4138
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83LA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4138/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA112

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE RUNWAY AT DRY CREEK STRIP CURVED TO THE LEFT. THE RUNWAY USED WAS RUNWAY 9 AND THE WIND WAS GUSTING TO 30 KTS. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSEWHEEL HIT A RUT WHICH NOSED THE ACFT OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N756CD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20603976
- Airframe hours: 1051
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: David Brenner
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 15, 1983, 25 hours before
- Departed: FAI, FAIRBANKS, AK
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Dry Creek, runway 9, 1,500 × 20 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,796 total, 300 in this make and model, 300 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 360° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 39 °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 19830701046859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830701046859A), Jul 1, 1983: Cessna U206G, Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Unable to follow curved runway landing in a crosswind. A wheel caught a rut. Airplane flipped over.

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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