- Date
- August 19, 1991, 18:00 local (Aug 20, 1991, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rainy Pass, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N756WRCessna U206-G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910819035649A
- Case key
- 5606
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Probable cause
The pilot exceeded the climb performance of the aircraft.
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 takeoff, the pilot was unable to gain altitude as he approached climbing terrain. The pilot retarded the throttle, the airplane floats struck the tundra, and the airplane nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756WR
- Reported as
- Cessna U206-G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604445
- Airframe hours
- 1,056
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F-9, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dr. William Reinbold
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 16, 1991 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Campbell Lake, AK
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,800 total · 1,056 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.