- Date
- December 22, 1986, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ruby, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734WECessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19861222068599A
- Case key
- 4814
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - icyFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - not identifiedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the landing roll on the frozen river, he lost control of the aircraft causing the aircraft to ground loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734WE
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604883
- Airframe hours
- 1,950
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph Mattie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 13, 1986 · 200 hours before
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 2,600 in this make and model · 8,200 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -9 °F, dew point 19 °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.