- Date
- August 15, 2018, 17:09 local (Aug 16, 2018, 01:09 UTC)
- Place
- Barter Island, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N206JMCessna U206
- Defining event
- Taxi-from runway: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 98081
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control while taxiing in gusting wind conditions.
Findings · 5
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, while turning left from the runway onto a taxiway, a wind gust lifted the right wing and that the airplane then flipped over and came to rest off the taxiway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The airport’s automated weather observation station reported that, about 17 minutes before the accident, the wind was from 250° at 35 knots, gusting to 44 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 25.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, while turning left from the runway onto a taxiway, a wind gust lifted the right wing, the airplane flipped and came to rest off the taxiway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation station located on the airport reported that, about 17 minutes before the accident, the wind was from 250° at 35 knots, gusting 44 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 25.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N206JM
- Reported as
- Cessna U206 (F)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20602195
- Built
- 1973
- Airframe hours
- 7,317.8
- Engine
- Continental IO 550-F35B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ground Imaging Inc
- Registered owner
- Ground Imaging Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 7, 2018
- Departed
- SCC · Deadhorse, AK
- Destination
- BTI · Barter Island, AK
- Airport
- BTI · Barter Island, runway 25, 4,500 × 100 ft, gravel
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Handheld GPS
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
- 24
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 5, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 1,505.5 total · 305.1 in this make and model · 557.5 as pilot in command · 261.1 in the last 90 days · 127.5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 35 knots, gusting 44
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.42 inHg
- Observed at
- PABA, 2 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 1, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.3 MB in all.