- Date
- October 1, 1989, 17:47 local (Oct 2, 1989, 01:47 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9382FCessna 208
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19891001040679A
- Case key
- 5312
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. Contributing factors were: the surrounding terrain, unfavorable wind, downdraft, the pilot's lack of familiarity with the geographical area, and his self induced pressure.
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 air taxi pilot was attempting to transport a hunting party from a small lake which he had not landed on before. He reported that it was his last flight of a very busy flying day, and that the hunters were already a day late in being picked up due to the weather. He said that while he was landing and loading his passengers, the wind shifted. He was unaware of the wind shift. The wind was blowing over a small hill beside the lake that created a downdraft. According to the pilot, when the airplane became airborne, the takeoff was delayed due to the windshift and downdraft, and the airplane was unable to gain sufficient altitude to clear the FAR shore.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9382F
- Reported as
- Cessna 208
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20800035
- Airframe hours
- 1,436
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-114, 600 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Mark Air Express
- Registered owner
- Mark Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 23, 1989 · 23 hours before
- Destination
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,020 total · 310 in this make and model · 2,765 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 84 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.