- Date
- July 18, 1989, 20:37 local (Jul 19, 1989, 04:37 UTC)
- Place
- Golovin, AK
- Injuries
- 4 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6539NCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890718023069A
- Case key
- 5227
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor judgement, his inadequate preflight planning/preparation, and his selection of the taxiway (wrong runway) for takeoff. Contributing factors were: the pilot's physical condition (fatigue), his self induced pressure, the weather conditions, and the uneven terrain.
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
The plt mistook the twy for the rwy & began his takeoff on the twy. When he realized his error, his speed was too fast to negotiate the turn onto the rwy or stop & too slow to fly. Subsequently, the acft went off an embankment on the opposite side of the rwy & was damaged. There were 8 persons aboard the 6-place acft. The 2 extra persons were not using seat belts. One (a 10 yr old boy) was sitting between the 2 front seats without a belt & another (a 10 yr old girl) was sitting on the lap of another passenger. Also, shoulder harnesses were available for 2 front seat pax, but they were not using them. The plt had been on an irregular schedule & had very little sleep in the preceding 2 or 3 days. Also, he was rprtd to be under pressure to return to nome to resume a record setting around-the-world flt involving his 11 year old son. The twy angled to the apch end of rwy 2 from the west-southwest. The wind was rprtd to be variable from the south at 10 to 15 KTS with gusts to 25 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6539N
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063095
- Airframe hours
- 3,275
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 295 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aliengena, Gary A.
- Registered owner
- Riteway Leasing Co., Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1989 · 145 hours before
- Destination
- OME · Nome, AK
- Airport
- GLV · Golovin, runway 2, 2,720 × 60 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 1,460 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °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.