- Date
- August 31, 1984, 15:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Nondalton, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N222RGCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840831045249A
- Case key
- 4351
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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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.
Undershoot
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Remedial action - inadequateCause
Proper descent rate - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The acft landed short of the rwy. The wind was from 280 degrees at 12 KTS gusting to 25 KTS. The plt reported that he was caught in a downdraft and full power did not slow the rate of descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222RG
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U2061330
- Airframe hours
- 2,205
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Todd Baldwin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1983
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SNN · Nondalton, runway 30, 2,900 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 69 total · 14 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 11 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 25 °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.