# NTSB SEA82DA167: Cessna U206A, N80632, 42nm Ese Of Yak, AK, September 18, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1982
- Place: 42nm Ese Of Yak, AK
- Coordinates: 59.510848, -139.710037 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.5108&lon=-139.7100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69654
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69654/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA167

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, THE PILOT WAS NOT CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING FLIGHT DUE TO INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND THE LEFT WING TIP DRAGGED IN THE EAST RIVER. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO SHALLOW WATER.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lift-off - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - terrain condition - water,glassy

## Aircraft

- Registration: N80632 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U2060463
- Airframe hours: 1407
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A5 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Gulf Air Taxi
- Registered owner: Gulf Air Taxi
- Departed: 42NM ESE OF YAK, AK
- Destination: YKT, YAKUTAT, AK
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Lowensteins Airstrip, runway 18, 1,400 × 10 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 699 total, 646 in this make and model, 616 as pilot in command, 173 in the last 90 days, 115 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 statute miles

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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