- Date
- March 3, 1989, 09:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9992ZCessna U-206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890303004719A
- Case key
- 5102
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Probable cause
The pilot's and company's disregard of hazardous weather conditions and the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane. Contributing to the accident were the gusty crosswind conditions.
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
During the post-landing taxi, a strong left crosswind lifted the left wing causing the airplane to make an uncontrolled 270 degree right turn, during which the right wing tip and propeller struck the ground. The winds were reported to be 28 KTS gusting to 44 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9992Z
- Reported as
- Cessna U-206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20606800
- Airframe hours
- 2,391
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Trail Lake Flying Ser.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 26, 1989 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- SWD · Seward, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ANC · Anchorage, runway 32, 10,496 × 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Flight engineer, 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
- 27,000 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 22,000 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 28 knots, gusting 44
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 1 °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.