- Date
- September 21, 1990, 14:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Egegik, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33181Cessna U206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900921041569A
- Case key
- 5460
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Probable cause
The improper use of elevator controls by the pilot.
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 stated that he encountered a left gusty crosswind just before touchdown, causing him to push forward on the control yoke, and the nose wheel to make a hard touchdown. The nose gear then collapsed, causing the airplane to nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33181
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20602656
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John D. Wunsch
- Registered owner
- Gary C. Hitchings
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Z03 · Egegik, runway 32, 2,000 × 75 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,302 total · 56 in this make and model · 2,067 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKN, 42 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.