- Date
- August 8, 1992, 17:30 local (Aug 9, 1992, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nuiqsut, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N216CSBeech C99
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920808029679A
- Case key
- 5770
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper inflight planning/preparation, and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point. Contributing to the accident was the downdraft.
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
Both pilots reported that they encountered a downdraft during the final approach which caused the airplane to develop a higher than desired sink rate. The application of power failed to arrest the sink rate before the airplane touched down approximately one foot short of the runway. The airplane came to a stop about 1,000 feet down the runway, with all three landing gear collapsed. The pilot said that he had encountered light to moderate turbulence during the approach, and he was 'shooting for the end of the runway'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N216CS
- Reported as
- Beech C99
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U-216
- Airframe hours
- 8,953
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-36, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Cape Smythe Air Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cape Smythe Air Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 15, 1992 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- BRW · Barrow, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 10AK · Nuiqsut, runway 22, 4,600 × 150 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,970 total · 370 in this make and model · 5,995 as pilot in command · 385 in the last 90 days · 130 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Observed at
- 10AK, 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 N216CS · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.