- Date
- April 18, 1988, 18:45 local (Apr 19, 1988, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cantwell, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N51205Cessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880418013669A
- Case key
- 5000
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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 air-taxi pilot stated that he attempted to takeoff from a private, dirt runway that was dry in the middle and muddy towards the edges. During the takeoff roll, the airplane's left main gear tire encountered the soft, muddy area and turned abruptly towards the left edge of the runway, colliding with a large snow bank and stopping the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51205
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20601979
- Airframe hours
- 4,916
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Airlift Alaska
- Registered owner
- Yorke, Michael J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 11, 1988 · 68 hours before
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- 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
- 4,833 total · 569 in this make and model · 4,752 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °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 N51205 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.