# NTSB ANC84LA030: Cessna 206, N29142, Wasilla, AK, January 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 11, 1984, 17:15 local (Jan 12, 1984, 02:15 UTC)
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Location: 61.5785° N, 149.4763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasilla, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5785&lon=-149.4763&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (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): 4267
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4267/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA030

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - induction air control/system - ice (contributing factor)
- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A HEAVELY WOODED AREA AFTER ENCOUNTERING IMC WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOSING POWER ON THE ENGINE. HEAVY ICING AND FREEZING RAIN WERE REPORTED IN THE AREA. THE PLT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP DUE TO RAISING CLOUD COVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29142](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29142), registered now, S/N U206-1112 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (registry code 2073332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U2061112
- Airframe hours: 4500
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-540 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Roger W. Nordlum
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, May 6, 1983, 10 hours before
- Departed: GAL, GALENA, AK
- Destination: PAQ, PALMER, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 10,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 10,000 as pilot in command, 200 in the last 90 days, 100 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Dusk
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 18 °F, dew point 9 °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 19840111000569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840111000569A), Jan 11, 1984: Cessna 206CESSNA, Wasilla, AK, Destroyed. Pilot climbed on top and then continued flight into deteriorating weather until engine failed.

## Other investigations on N29142 (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA70AS031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70AS031), Feb 4, 1970: Cessna U206 (N29142), Cove, OR, substantial damage

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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