# NTSB ANC90LA181: Cessna U206, N33181, Egegik, AK, September 21, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 21, 1990, 14:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Egegik, AK
- Coordinates: 58.199943, -157.409835 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.1999&lon=-157.4098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5460
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC90LA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5460/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA181

## Probable cause

THE IMPROPER USE OF ELEVATOR CONTROLS BY THE PILOT.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - elevator - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33181-2014-03-18), registration cancelled 2014-03-18, S/N U20602656, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20602656
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900921041569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900921041569A), Sep 21, 1990: Cessna U206F, Egegik, AK, Substantial damage. Collapsed nose gear on hard nose first landing,causing a nose over. Pilot reported crosswind.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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