- Date
- December 16, 1997, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mnt. Village, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9575GCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 3108
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.
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 was landing on a remote, snow and ice covered runway. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed. During the touchdown, the airplane landed hard and bounced into the air. When the airplane again touched down, the nose gear collapsed and the right wing struck the ground. The airplane received damage to the nose gear strut, propeller, and a right wing rib.
Factual narrative
On December 16, 1997, about 1930 Alaska standard time, a Cessna 206 airplane, N9575G, sustained substantial damage during landing at the Mountain Village Airport, Mountain Village, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) flight under Title 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The airplane is operated by Hageland Aviation Services Inc., Anchorage Alaska. The certificated airline transport pilot, and the sole passenger, were not injured. Night, visual meteorological conditions prevailed. VFR company flight following procedures were in effect. The flight originated at the St. Mary's Airport, St. Mary's, Alaska, at 1918.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on December 17, 1997, the pilot, who is the Chief Pilot for the operator, reported he was landing on runway 02 at Mountain Village to drop the passenger off. During the touchdown, the airplane landed hard and bounced into the air. When the airplane again touched down, the nose gear collapsed, and the right wing struck the ground. The airplane received damage to the nose gear strut, propeller, and a right wing rib.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9575G
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20601775
- Airframe hours
- 4,403
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hageland Aviation Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 11, 1997 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- KSM · St. Mary'S, AK
- Destination
- MOU
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- MOU · Mountain Village, runway 2, 2,520 × 60 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,800 total · 430 in this make and model · 5,980 as pilot in command · 207 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -8 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
Other investigations on N9575G · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.