- Date
- October 2, 1992, 09:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lime Village, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N29245Cessna 206U
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19921002044239A
- Case key
- 5844
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Probable cause
Pilot in command's poor preflight planning. A factor in the accident was the hazards on or near the gravel bar strip takeoff area.
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 Cessna 206 carrying a fuel barrel reportedly struck a stump on takeoff from remote river gravel strip, then collided with terrain which damaged the landing gear, fuselage and horizontal stabilizer. The pilot in command told the investigator that though he walked the runway looking for hazards, he did not see the hazards in the takeoff area. Information was not available to validate the details of accident. The pilot did not return to work. No witnesses to the accident were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29245
- Reported as
- Cessna 206U
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-1190
- Airframe hours
- 6,606
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Woods, Warren, doing business as Woods Air Fuel, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1992 · 84 hours before
- Destination
- SVW · Sparrevohn, AK
- Airport
- 23AK · Lime Village, runway 9, 1,500 × 50 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 450 in this make and model · 9,200 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 34 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.