# NTSB ANC93LA078: Cessna 206G, N756HL, Igiugig, AK, June 4, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1993, 17:00 local (Jun 4, 1993, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Igiugig, AK
- Coordinates: 58.749935, -156.540969 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.7499&lon=-156.5410&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 17, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 2350
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC93LA078
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/2350/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA078

## Probable cause

THE PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOR LANDING.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose down, landing - roll
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756HL-2009-08-26), registration cancelled 2009-08-26, S/N U20604103, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20604103
- Airframe hours: 8493
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930603017879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930603017879A), Jun 3, 1993: Cessna U206G, Igiugig, AK, Substantial damage. Nosed up in soft sand landing near a town for physiological reasons.

## Other investigations on N756HL (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC02FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02FA014), Feb 4, 2002: Cessna 206 (N756HL), Bethel, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain adequate ground clearance, which resulted in an in flight collision with terrain. Factors…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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