- Date
- September 30, 1988, 08:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Homer, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4634ZCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880930042389A
- Case key
- 5090
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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
Just after liftoff the airplane experienced a complete engine failure, the airplane crashed on the mud flats approximately 500 feet off the departure end of runway 21. The chief pilot stated that the pilot did not check the fuel supply prior to this flight and that there had been occasions of water in the fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4634Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605990
- Airframe hours
- 5,427
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Homer Air
- Registered owner
- C & L Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 21, 1988 · 29 hours before
- Destination
- SOV · Seldovia, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- HOM · Homer, runway 21, 7,400 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,652 total · 1,440 in this make and model · 3,592 as pilot in command · 315 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.