- Date
- May 14, 1988, 08:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4844XCessna U206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880514015139A
- Case key
- 4951
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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
A deaf-mute adult male, who has a history of mental health problems, and who was a mental health ward of the state of Alaska at the time of the accident, entered a Cessna 206 airplane equipped with amphibious floats without permission while it was parked on an uncontrolled ramp area near Anchorage international airport. He subsequently started the keyless airplane and taxied it at nearly full power for approximately 185 feet until it collided with a commercial building and a parked automobile. The 'pilot' was apprehended and taken into custody by law enforcement officers.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4844X
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605553
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Orin Seybert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- ANC · Anchorage Int'L
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
- 33
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 18 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.