- Date
- October 5, 1988, 16:30 local (Oct 6, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eagle, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N734GWCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881005044689A
- Case key
- 5137
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot-in-command was attempting to air drop groceries to a mining site and a box of bread hit the horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft returned and landed uneventfully at Eagle airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734GW
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20604832
- Airframe hours
- 34,617
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F3B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- 40 Mile Air, Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1988 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- Eagle, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 950 total · 200 in this make and model · 900 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °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 N734GW · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.