- Date
- June 1, 1988, 16:28 local (Jun 2, 1988, 00:28 UTC)
- Place
- Chugiak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4571KCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880601017599A
- Case key
- 5009
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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 pilot stated that during the landing roll he lost directional control of the aircraft causing the aircraft to exit the left side of the runway into an open ditch. The aircraft traveled approximately 1000 feet of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4571K
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U2060464
- Airframe hours
- 1,984
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leo F. Leuenberger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 29, 1987
- Departed
- GKN · Gulkana, AK
- Airport
- Z-15 · Birchwood
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,630 total · 220 in this make and model · 17,600 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 36 °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.
Other investigations on N4571K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.