# NTSB ANC89LA006: Cessna 206, N734GW, Eagle, AK, October 6, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1988, 16:30 local (Oct 6, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Eagle, AK
- Coordinates: 64.43016, -141.220291 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.4302&lon=-141.2203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 6, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5137
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC89LA006
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5137/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA006

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734GW), registered now, S/N U20604832, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20604832
- Airframe hours: 34617
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881005044689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881005044689A), Oct 5, 1988: Cessna U206G, Eagle, AK, Substantial damage. Attempted air drop groceries to a village. Package hit and substantially damaged the horizontal stabilizer.

## Other investigations on N734GW (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA549](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA549), Sep 5, 2017: Cessna U206 (N734GW), Chicken, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a sign while taking off from a road.
- [NTSB ANC93LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA063), May 17, 1993: Cessna 206 (N734GW), Deadhorse, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S POOR JUDGMENT IN ATTEMPTING TO LAND UNDER THE EXISTING HIGH WIND CONDITION.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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