- Date
- July 1, 1998, 15:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Aleknagik, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N456TACessna 206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1999
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19980701015509A
- Case key
- 43061
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point during landing. A factor associated with the accident is the presence of a variable wind condition, and the pilot's decision not to perform a go-around.
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 certificated commercial pilot was landing on a remote gravel runway. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge, on July 1, 1998, the pilot reported that while landing to the west, he inadvertently flew further down the runway and landed about midfield of the 1,150 feet long runway. He stated that after touchdown he was unable to stop the airplane before it went down an embankment at the end of the runway, and nosed over. In his written statement to the NTSB dated September 1, 1998, the pilot reported that while landing to the west, he encountered an unexpected 'wind change' from the east. He said that the tailwind caused the airplane's ground speed to accelerate, and after touchdown, he was unable to stop prior to reaching the runway end. The airplane's left wing sustained substantial damage.
Factual narrative
On July 1, 1998, about 1545 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 206G airplane, N456TA, sustained substantial damage while landing at the Aleknagik Airstrip, Aleknagik, 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 registered to, and operated by, Arctic Circle Air, Inc. The certificated commercial pilot, and the one passenger aboard were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a VFR flight plan was filed. The flight originated at the Dillingham Airport, Dillingham, Alaska, about 1530.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge, on July 1, 1998, the pilot reported that while landing to the west, he inadvertently flew further down the runway and landed about midfield of the 1,150 feet long runway. He stated that after touchdown he was unable to stop the airplane before it went down an embankment at the end of the runway, and nosed over.
In his written statement to the NTSB dated September 1, 1998, the pilot reported that while landing to the west, he encountered an unexpected "wind change" from the east. He said that the tailwind caused the airplane's ground speed to accelerate, and after touchdown, he was unable to stop prior to reaching the runway end.
The airplane's left wing sustained substantial damage.
The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N456TA
- Reported as
- Cessna 206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U2060503
- Airframe hours
- 6,746
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arctic Circle Air, doing business as Arctic Circle Air
- Registered owner
- Arctic Air Group, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 9, 1998 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Z35 · Aleknagik Mission School, runway 27, 1,150 × 35 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,500 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 9,500 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.