- Date
- February 20, 1986, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Delta Junction, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N116MECessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860220004789A
- Case key
- 4640
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.
Analysis
The aircraft struck a telephone pole guide wire while maneuvering at a low altitude. The electric company stated that the guide wire was 32 feet above the road surface. The pilot stated that he was low flying less than 50 feet above the ground to review mining claim sites.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N116ME
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2060015
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Douthitt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1985
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,242 total · 227 in this make and model · 2,242 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.