- Date
- December 17, 1984, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Point Hope, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N735QPCessna U206
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841217067209A
- Case key
- 4455
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed during takeoff while on a schedule air taxi flt. The plt & 5 passengers escaped serious injury. Investigation revealed the takeoff was attempted with suface winds reported as quartering directly across the takeoff rwy from 30 to more than 40 KTS, with visibility as low as 100 ft restricted by blowing snow. The plt indicated he encountered a whiteout condition at liftoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735QP
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604952
- Airframe hours
- 1,607
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Baker Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Baker Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PHO · Point Hope, AK
- Destination
- OTZ · Kotzebue, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PHO · Point Hope, runway 19, 4,000 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,887 total · 1,170 in this make and model · 7,685 as pilot in command · 216 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 270° at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.