- Date
- October 23, 1992, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Slate Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9138MCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19921023043259A
- Case key
- 5848
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Probable cause
The icy condition of the runway and the discontinued snow removal.
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 airstrip was plowed to 2/3 of its width for its entire 1000 foot length. The pilot stated that a pickup truck was parked on the FAR end of the runway, on the runway. He reported the braking action as nil and was unable to stop prior to reaching the pickup truck. He attempted to complete the landing roll out between the pickup truck and the snowbank. The airplane's right wing struck the pickup truck and the left horizontal stabilizer struck the snowbank. The pilot was landing uphill because the airstrip is considered to be one way in and one way out.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9138M
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20601538
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Thoreson, Oscar B.
- Registered owner
- Thoreson, Oscar B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 20, 1992 · 138 hours before
- Departed
- GKN · Gulkana, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Slate Creek, runway 28, 1,000 × 80 ft, ice
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
- 60
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,500 total · 500 in this make and model · 9,500 as pilot in command · 138 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 19 °F
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 N9138M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.