- Date
- February 20, 1993, 07:57 local (11:57 UTC)
- Place
- Bradley Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5036UCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930220003009A
- Case key
- 5864
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 in command not removing the frost from the plane's airfoil surfaces before takeoff and not aborting the takeoff when the airplane showed no sign of wanting to fly at the initial rotation point/airspeed. A factor in the accident was the icing conditions.
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 pilot said that he elected not to polish or remove the frost from the airfoil surfaces of the plane during the preflight because he did not believe that it was heavy or coarse enough to be of any consequence to the takeoff performance of the airplane. Halfway down the 2,000 foot strip, the pilot commenced to rotate the airplane for liftoff but the airplane remained on the runway. The pilot said that, 'the airplane felt like it was stuck to the runway'. A second attempt was immediately made to get the airplane to fly. The airplane may have attained an altitude of one to two feet before settling back onto the runway. The pilot reduced engine power in anticipation of aborting the takeoff but quickly changed his mind because there was only about 500 feet of runway remaining and he did not believe there was sufficient room available to safely stop the airplane. The airplane departed the end of the airstrip at approximately 85 knots, struck a threshold light, and attained an altitude of about three feet before colliding with a perimeter fence and rock covered terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5036U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2060036
- Airframe hours
- 8,475
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- South Central Air
- Registered owner
- Vern L. Lofstedt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 8, 1993 · 18 hours before
- Destination
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Airport
- Bradley Lake, runway 24, 2,000 × 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,400 total · 2,145 in this make and model · 4,350 as pilot in command · 191 in the last 90 days · 79 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 28 °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.