- Date
- June 28, 1989, 21:50 local (Jun 29, 1989, 05:50 UTC)
- Place
- Bear Creek No.1, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3902GCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890628018229A
- Case key
- 5211
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's inproper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a loss of directional control. Contributing to the accident was the pilots overconfidence in personal ability, the gusty crosswind conditions and the sunglare.
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
This private pilot crashed while hauling fuel into a private mountainous airstrip. He reported that he landed hard from about 15 feet when he encountered a downdraft. The airplane bounced, at which time the pilot lost sight of the runway, due to landing into the sun. The pilot then lost control, and the airplane crashed off the side of the runway, and was destroyed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3902G
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U-206-0902
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Brooks Fuel
- Registered owner
- Roger W Brooks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Bear Creek No.1, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Bear Creek No. 1, runway 31, 2,800 × 70 ft, dirt
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 998 total · 750 in this make and model · 739 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.