- Date
- November 7, 1989, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Quinhagak, AK
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6255HCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19891107063219A
- Case key
- 5322
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
Fatigue failure of the right rudder bar. A factor related to the accident was: rough/uneven terrain beside the runway.
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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Flight control,rudder - fatigueCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not possible
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6255H
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700452
- Airframe hours
- 5,389
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Kusko Aviation
- Registered owner
- Gunder, Dennis L
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 3, 1989 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- AQH · Quinhagak, runway 22, 2,600 × 70 ft, gravel
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,100 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 3,900 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6255H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.