- Date
- July 9, 1991, 17:20 local (Jul 10, 1991, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Nikiski, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3941GCessna U206C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910709026649A
- Case key
- 5484
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Probable cause
Poor judgement of the pilot, due to impairment from consumption of alcohol, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed, while maneuvering during an aborted landing (go-around). Factors related to the accident were: the open cargo door, disabled flaps, and the pilot's distraction (diverted attention).
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
After taking off from a beach with a heavy load of clams, the pilot radioed that the airplane's cargo door had come ajar and the flaps were stuck at the 10 degree position. He continued the flight to the home strip. After a go-around at the 1900 ft home base strip, the airplane was seen to make a steep left, then a right turn. The airplane then descended from witnesses view and crashed into a wooded area. The lower locking rod of the aft cargo door was found to be bent. Tests showed the pilot's blood had an alcohol level of 342 mg/dl (0.342%) and his urine had an alcohol level of 246 mg/dl (0.246%). Also, a metabolite of nicotine and doxylamine (an over-the-counter antihistamine sleep-aid) were detected in the pilot's blood. A 5000 ft runway was located less than a mile from the home base strip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3941G
- Reported as
- Cessna U206C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-0941
- Airframe hours
- 3,878
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Dahmen Seafoods, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dahmen Seafoods, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 9, 1991 · 118 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Polly Creek, AK
- Destination
- NONE
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Butler
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,400 total · 600 in this make and model · 5,400 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ENA, 10 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.
Other investigations on N3941G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.