- Date
- September 15, 1992, 16:00 local (Sep 16, 1992, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chena Marina, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N206RKCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920915036719A
- Case key
- 5808
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Probable cause
Pilot in commands's poor preflight planning/preparation. Factors contributing to the accident were: lack of understanding of aircraft takeoff performance, lack of recency of PIC experience in type of operation, loss of aircraft performance takeoff capabilities, terrain condition of soft wet snow.
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
The C206 skiplane decelerated upon encountering deep wet snow prior to lift off. Witnesses on board reported that the pilot elected to abort, veered to the right to avoid trees and struck a ditch, brush and irregular terrain and nosed over. Investigation on scene confirmed the conditions that supports findings of runway conditions. No ski anomaly was found at scene of the accident or on the accident airplane. The ski operation may have been first of season, no evidence that pilot had recent experience in snow ski takeoff. Pilot reported that he believed the right ski dragged on takeoff due to low tire pressure which allowed the insert on which the tire rests to drag in the snow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N206RK
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-1205
- Airframe hours
- 10,470
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bill A. Jones
- Registered owner
- Bill A. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 38 hours before
- Destination
- Gold King Strip, AK
- Airport
- AK28 · Chena Marina Strip, runway 36, 4,700 × 75 ft, snow
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,950 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.