- Date
- June 3, 1993, 17:00 local (Jun 4, 1993, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Igiugig, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N756HLCessna 206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930603017879A
- Case key
- 2350
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Probable cause
The pilot in command selected unsuitable terrain for landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that while attempting to land on a relatively flat unobstructed area near Igiugig, Alaska, the nose wheel sank into the soft sand resulting in substantial damage to the right wing.
Factual narrative
On June 3, 1993, at 1700 Alaska daylight time (ADT), a wheel equipped Cessna 206, N756HL, owned and operated by Six Mile Air, Inc., collided with the terrain during a landing near Igiugig, Alaska. The commercial pilot and one passenger, the sole occupants, were not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was being operated by Six Mile Air, Inc. as a positioning flight under 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The flight originated in Iliamna, Alaska, at approximately 1645 ADT. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was filed.
The pilot told the NTSB investigator in charge that he attempted to land on a relatively flat unobstructed area near Igiugig to use the restroom. During the landing, the nose wheel sank into the soft sand. The plane proceeded to go up onto its propeller and the outboard right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756HL
- Reported as
- Cessna 206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604103
- Airframe hours
- 8,493
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Six Mile Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jean E. Carltikoff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 25, 1993 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- ILI · Iliamna, AK
- Destination
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,175 total · 1,050 in this make and model · 2,960 as pilot in command · 215 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
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 N756HL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.