- Date
- April 2, 1992, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9909ZCessna U206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920402008319A
- Case key
- 5709
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to remove all the frost from the airplane and exceeding the gross weight limit of the airplane.
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
During the takeoff the airplane pitched up and the wings rocked from side to side and then the airplane settled and crashed into the snowbank and nosed over. The pilot stated there was frost on the wings but he brushed it off. Examination of the wing's upper surface revealed that frost remained on the upper surface. Examination of the cargo, airplane, and fuel information showed that the airplane weighed 3700 pounds. The certificated gross weight of the airplane was 3600 pounds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9909Z
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20606740
- Airframe hours
- 5,336
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Bering Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bering Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 28, 1992 · 32 hours before
- Destination
- PHO · Point Hope, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OTZ · Kotzebue, runway 8, 5,900 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,800 total · 160 in this make and model · 4,600 as pilot in command · 208 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTZ, 1 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 N9909Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.