- Date
- June 4, 1984, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Yakutat, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7418QCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840604045399A
- Case key
- 39928
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt elected to land on a gravel road that was surrounded by brush with a quartering headwind aprx 30 deg from his left. While on final apch, a rapid rate of descent developed. Subsequently, the left wing tip contacted a tree top & the acft yawed to the left. On touchdown, it entered brush on the left side of the road where the nose gear collapsed & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7418Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20602197
- Airframe hours
- 3,424
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Gulf Air Taxi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 27, 1983 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- YAK · Yakutat, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,340 total · 550 in this make and model · 160 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.