- Date
- August 16, 1989, 12:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6327ZCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890816030149A
- Case key
- 5240
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 allowed the aircraft to lift-off prematurely, then inadvertently enter a stall/mush. The gusty/crosswind conditions were contributing factors.
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 pilot began taking off from the west end of campbell lake with a right quartering crosswind. He rprtd that the acft 'had just cleared the water at about 50 knots plus (when) a large gust of wind picked the plane up about 10-15 feet, lifted the right wing some, and then slammed the plane onto the lake.' Subsequently, the struts were damaged, but the plt was able to taxi back to the dock. No preimpact malfunction or failure of the acft was rprtd. A witness said the acft appeared to lift-off prematurely with an excessively nose high attitude, then stall & hit the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6327Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20606237
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Novotney, Robert R.
- Registered owner
- Novotney, Robert R (Sr.)
- Airport
- NONE · Campbell Lake
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,805 total · 303 in this make and model · 1,765 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Observed at
- ANC, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.