- Date
- October 14, 1984, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hinchinbrook, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4863CCessna U206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841014057579A
- Case key
- 4434
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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.
Analysis
Investigation revealed that the nose gear torque link bolt sheared during the landing roll on an abandoned sand airstrip causing the gear collapse and noseover. Metallurgical testing disclosed evidence of long term progression of severe corrosion between the bolt and it's sleeve the acft had been involved in operations requiring multiple takeoffs and landings per hour, many of which were on salt wter beaches.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4863C
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603856
- Airframe hours
- 4,343
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Chitina Air Service, doing business as Chitina Air Service
- Registered owner
- James M. Foode
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 5, 1984 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- CKU · Cordova, AK
- Destination
- Hinchinbrook, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Strawberry Point, runway 5, 1,800 × ft
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,860 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 4,790 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 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.
Other investigations on N4863C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.