# NTSB ANC92LA146: Cessna 206, N711FY, Fairbanks, AK, August 26, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 26, 1992, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Coordinates: 64.90052, -148.159423 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.9005&lon=-148.1594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5792
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC92LA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5792/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA146

## Probable cause

PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT WAS NOT ATTAINED BY THE PILOT.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE TAILWIND AND THE IMPROPER APPROACH PROCEDURE USED BY THE PILOT, AN INADEQUATE BACKGROUND CHECK OF PILOT IN HIRING BY COMPANY/MGMT, INADEQUATE TRAINING AND CHECK OF PILOT BY COMPANY/MGMT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate recurrent training, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - insufficient standards/requirements, company/operator mgmt (contributing factor)
  - visual approach procedure - inaccurate (contributing factor)
  - lack of recent experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
- Abrupt maneuver, landing - roll
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE EXPERIENCED TRANSPORT CATEGORY PILOT, WITH NO RECENT EXPERIENCE IN LIGHT UTILITY AIRPLANES, LANDED LONG WITH A TAILWIND ON MOUNTAINOUS GRAVEL RUNWAY. THE STEEP DROP OFF WITH RISING TERRAIN AHEAD PREVENTED A GO AROUND. THE PILOT ELECTED TO GROUND LOOP AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE WING AND LANDING GEAR. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT RECOVERED AFTER 5 MONTHS DUE TO AREA REMOTENESS. THE COMPANY WAS ENGAGED IN DRUM FUEL TRANSPORT TO REMOTE STRIPS, AND REQUIRED NO CHECK OUT IN TYPE AIRCRAFT, AND PERFORMED NO BACKGROUND CHECK OF EXPERIENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N711FY](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711FY-2017-10-06), registration cancelled 2017-10-06, S/N U206-0459 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206a) (registry code 2073316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0459
- Airframe hours: 11378
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO540-F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Roger And Linda Brooks
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, January 2, 1900, 90 hours before
- Departed: FAI, FAIRBANKS, AK
- Destination: BUZBY MINE, AK
- Airport: Buzby Mine Strip, runway 4, 1,500 × 75 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; flight instructor, commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 32,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 31,000 as pilot in command, 70 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 0.6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920826033179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920826033179A), Aug 26, 1992: Cessna U206A, Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Unable to stop. Landing downwind on a rough mining strip collapsed gear ground looping at end. No prior check out.

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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